Performers
R. L. Burnside
Big Jay McNeely
Eddie Shaw
Eddie “Cleanhead” Vinson
Robert Pete Williams
In the 34 years of the Hall of Fame's
existence, the only saxophone player to be inducted was Louis Jordan.
This year, he is joined by three colleagues. Like Jordan, Eddie
“Cleanhead” Vinson was primarily a 1940s R&B vocalist who also
played the alto sax.
Big Jay McNeely was one of the many tenor sax
men who made the R&B charts in the late '40s and early '50s.
Eddie Shaw, also a tenor player, was a member of Howlin' Wolf's band
who went on to form his own group, the Wolf Gang, after Wolf's death and is still
performing.
Robert Pete Williams was a country bluesman from
Louisiana who was discovered in prison in 1959 and had a 20 year
recording career after his release.
R. L. Burnside was the leader of
a group of northern Mississippi hill country bluesmen who played in
juke joints and recorded extensively in the '80s and '90s.
Albums
Howlin' Wolf, Moanin' at Midnight
(Chess, 1958)
J. B.
Hutto, Hawk Squat
(Delmark, 1969)
Single
records
Kokomo
Arnold, “Milk Cow Blues” (Decca, 1934)
Erskine
Hawkins and his Orchestra, “After Hours” (Bluebird, 1940)
Charley
Patton, “High Water Everywhere, Parts 1 and 2” (Paramount, 1930)
Robert
Petway, “Catfish Blues” (Bluebird, 1941)
Tampa
Red and Georgia Tom, “It's Tight Like That” (Vocalion, 1928)
Books
Peter
Guralnick, Dream Boogie: The Triumph of Sam Cooke
Non-performers
Mike
Kappus, of the Rosebud Agency, booking agent and manager
Don Robey, owner of Duke and Peacock
Records
Dick Shurman, record producer and
writer
The induction ceremony will be held in
Memphis on May 7, the night before the Blues Music Awards.
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