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I’m Beyond Salvation

Posted in Blues, Boogie, Boogie woogie, Posters, Propaganda, Radio, Rock'n'roll, Rythm and blues, Soul music, tagged Citizens’ Council of Greater New Orleans, Negro music on May 31, 2014| 16 Comments »

I’ve been listening to Afro-American music for nearly 50 years. And worst, I’ve enjoyed every minute of it – Ted

BLACK HISTORY IN IMAGES: New Orleans in 1960 was sharply divided over the practice of segregation, and the “Citizens’ Council of Greater New Orleans” advocated some pretty silly stuff, including a protest against black musicians. Please share so we may never forget! Image and text from BlackPast.org

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This Weeks Favourite Female Singer – Katie Webster

Posted in Article, Blues, Boogie, Boogie woogie, Music, Swamp blues, tagged American boogie-woogie pianists, American session musicians, Kathryn Jewel Thorne, Katie Webster on May 2, 2014| Leave a Comment »

Katie Webster (January 11, 1936 – September 5, 1999), born Kathryn Jewel Thorne, was an American boogie-woogie pianist.

Career

Webster was initially best known as a session musician behind Louisiana musicians on the Excello and Goldband record labels, such as Lightnin’ Slim and Lonesome Sundown. She also played piano with Otis Redding in the 1960s, but after his death went into semi-retirement.

In the 1980s she was repeatedly booked for European tours and recorded albums for the German record label, Ornament Records. She cut You Know That’s Right with the band Hot Links, and the album that established her in the United States; The Swamp Boogie Queen with guest spots by Bonnie Raitt and Robert Cray. She performed at both the San Francisco Blues Festival and Long Beach Blues Festival.

Webster suffered a stroke in 1993 while touring Greece and returned to performing the following year. She died from heart failure in League City, Texas, in September 1999.

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