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re: The SEC Championship of Music: Arkansas wins!
Posted on 8/22/21 at 12:12 pm to Harry Rex Vonner
Posted on 8/22/21 at 12:12 pm to Harry Rex Vonner
HRV is gay
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Posted on 8/22/21 at 12:13 pm to Porker Face
Back long before Helena, Arkansas was the crime ridden town of today. I was surprised how big of a blues town it was. It has currently the longest running daily American radio broadcast in history.
It was named after a brand of flour the King Biscuit Flour. KFFA was the only station that would play music for black folks and it reached an audience throughout the Mississippi Delta region. It inspired blues musicians including B.B King, Robert Nighthawk, James Cotton and Ike Turner.
The popularity of the program made Helena a major blues center. Helena became a stopping place for blues musicians on their way from the Delta region to the Chicago blues nightclubs and was also convenient to Memphis. Several blues musicians came to Helena and made it their home such Little Walker Jacobs and Jimmy Rogers.
King Biscuit Time was also a major breakthrough for black folk music in general. The popularity of the program and its reach into the untapped black demographic gained notice and spawned a host of imitators. By 1947 the first black disc jockey in the south, Early Wright which he signed on at WROX across the river. WDIA in Memphis soon became the first radio station in the south with an all black staff including deejay B.B King and the music format based on the success of King Biscuit Time.
In the middle 1930s Helena was the blues capital of the Delta. Among the musicians who regularly visited and performed in the area were Robert Johnson, Johnny Shines, Sonny Boy Williamson II, Robert Nighthawk, Howlin' Wolf, Elmore James, David "Honeyboy" Edwards, Memphis Slim and Roosevelt Sykes.
It was named after a brand of flour the King Biscuit Flour. KFFA was the only station that would play music for black folks and it reached an audience throughout the Mississippi Delta region. It inspired blues musicians including B.B King, Robert Nighthawk, James Cotton and Ike Turner.
The popularity of the program made Helena a major blues center. Helena became a stopping place for blues musicians on their way from the Delta region to the Chicago blues nightclubs and was also convenient to Memphis. Several blues musicians came to Helena and made it their home such Little Walker Jacobs and Jimmy Rogers.
King Biscuit Time was also a major breakthrough for black folk music in general. The popularity of the program and its reach into the untapped black demographic gained notice and spawned a host of imitators. By 1947 the first black disc jockey in the south, Early Wright which he signed on at WROX across the river. WDIA in Memphis soon became the first radio station in the south with an all black staff including deejay B.B King and the music format based on the success of King Biscuit Time.
In the middle 1930s Helena was the blues capital of the Delta. Among the musicians who regularly visited and performed in the area were Robert Johnson, Johnny Shines, Sonny Boy Williamson II, Robert Nighthawk, Howlin' Wolf, Elmore James, David "Honeyboy" Edwards, Memphis Slim and Roosevelt Sykes.
Posted on 8/22/21 at 12:19 pm to viceman
I'm disappointed in you viceman
Posted on 8/22/21 at 12:21 pm to viceman
Except a lot of blues musicians spent time going from Helena to Memphis and Chicago. Then to other major cities. Nashville wasn't the only place and something was brewing on the streets of Memphis in the 50s.
A young man named Elvis Presley was invited to the Grand ole Opry but was never invited again as his performance was deemed too "radical" for audiences.
Jerry Lee Lewis also visited Nashville but no one gave him a listen and called them a bunch of statues.
A young man named Elvis Presley was invited to the Grand ole Opry but was never invited again as his performance was deemed too "radical" for audiences.
Jerry Lee Lewis also visited Nashville but no one gave him a listen and called them a bunch of statues.
This post was edited on 8/22/21 at 12:29 pm
Posted on 8/22/21 at 12:31 pm to Harry Rex Vonner
Conway Twitty aka Harold Jenkins was given the key to the city of Helena and now celebrate Conway Twitty days each year. His first band was the Phillips County ramblers.
Posted on 8/22/21 at 1:24 pm to Rzrbackguy
get you some Georgia Allman Bros Rzrbackguy
bet you have some good bands where you're living
One Way Out Allman Bros live Lawd have mercy Dicky and Duane
bet you have some good bands where you're living
One Way Out Allman Bros live Lawd have mercy Dicky and Duane
Posted on 8/22/21 at 1:45 pm to dchog
Brinkley, Arkansas' Al Bell of Stax Records in Memphis produced and helped shape the career of Mavis Staples and her sisters. Here they are with Turkey Scratch, Arkansas' own American legend Levon Helm
Lawdy Lawd
Some of you youngers might only remember Levon from the movie Shooter
Lawdy Lawd
Some of you youngers might only remember Levon from the movie Shooter
This post was edited on 8/22/21 at 1:48 pm
Posted on 8/22/21 at 1:50 pm to Harry Rex Vonner
Florida has Skynyrd, and alone delivers the win.
Posted on 8/22/21 at 1:58 pm to EKG
Posted on 8/22/21 at 3:26 pm to viceman
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It doesn't matter where the artist is from as much as where the music is made, and that is Nashville.
Muscle Shoals says hi.
Posted on 8/22/21 at 4:47 pm to BowlJackson
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Jimmy Buffett literally learned how to play guitar while a student at Auburn, but okay
Yeah. He was born in Pascagoula, but lived in Alabama for most of the next 18 years. His parents lived here until they died in 2003.
Posted on 8/22/21 at 7:24 pm to Evolved Simian
Also from Arkansas
Ne-yo
Justin Moore
Evanescence
Tracy Lawrence
Buddy Jewel
Joe Nichols
Ne-yo
Justin Moore
Evanescence
Tracy Lawrence
Buddy Jewel
Joe Nichols
This post was edited on 8/22/21 at 7:27 pm
Posted on 8/22/21 at 9:29 pm to colbycovington
Even though Lefty Frizzell was born in Texas, he was raised in Eldorado, Arkansas.
Pine Bluff natives folk singers the Browns were well known in the 50s for the hit three bells. They were mentioned in the series the Sopranos.
Three bells
Jim Ed Brown was best known for his country hit pop a top again which was covered by Alan Jackson.
Pop a top again
Pine Bluff natives folk singers the Browns were well known in the 50s for the hit three bells. They were mentioned in the series the Sopranos.
Three bells
Jim Ed Brown was best known for his country hit pop a top again which was covered by Alan Jackson.
Pop a top again
Posted on 8/22/21 at 9:39 pm to MontyFranklyn
Here in Ohio we have David Alan coe
Posted on 8/22/21 at 9:43 pm to Harry Rex Vonner
Tennessee has Morgan Wallen, need we continue?
Posted on 8/22/21 at 9:45 pm to BowlJackson
I went to Auburn once and heard a guitar. I guess I’m from Alabama.
It’s not where you visited, it where you are from.
It’s not where you visited, it where you are from.
Posted on 8/22/21 at 9:48 pm to Murph4HOF
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just want to point out that besides Lynyrd Skynyrd and Tom Petty, Florida has produced absolute trash like:
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Limp Bizkit
Take it back
Posted on 8/22/21 at 10:30 pm to Harry Rex Vonner
With the possible exception of Hank Sr., Johnny Cash was the coolest country star ever. The crap that passes for country music today is mostly pop with a twang.
Posted on 8/22/21 at 11:03 pm to Jdillard343434
Don't forget the outlaw Johnny Paycheck. highly recommend tales from the tour bus by Mike Judge.
Posted on 8/22/21 at 11:08 pm to Harry Rex Vonner
Albert King and Howling Wolf spent many years in Arkansas..King is buried near West Memphis, Arkansas. Also...Had to mention that my Uncle was the Mastering Engineer for every Al Green song ever recorded.
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