BLUES WORLD presents:

eRIC's Blues Dates: August 5



Born on this Day

NameDescriptionYearPlace
ALBERT, DONtpt 1908 NEW ORLEANS, LA
BREAU, LENNYg 1941 AUBURN, MA
DARWEN, NORMANcritic/BLUES & RHYTHM MAG 1955 PRESTON, UK
DAVIS, ERNESTINE "TINY"tpt/DECCA REC 1907 MEMPHIS, TN
DERRINGER, RICKg/MCCOYS/EDGAR WINTER 1947 CELINA, OH
JO, DAMITA [DAMITA JO DUBLANC]v 1930 AUSTIN, TX
MACK, RAYMONDb/DAVID BREWER 1968 CHICAGO, IL
TRIBBLE, THOMAS "TNT"d/GOTHAM REC 1921 FERREL, PA

Died on this Day

NameDescriptionYearPlaceAge
BURRELL, DUKEp/JOHNNY OTIS/LOUIS JORDAN 1993 LOS ANGELES, CA 73
HARDWICK, OTTO "TOBY"asax/ELLINGTON 1970 WASHINGTON, DC 66
LOUIS, JOE HILLg/hca/d/SUN REC 1957 MEMPHIS, TN 35
MEZZROW, MEZZcl 1972 PARIS, FRANCE 72
PERKINS, LUTHERg/JOHNNY CASH 1968 NASHVILLE, TN 40
RICHARDSON, MONAv 1985 MELBOURNE,AUSTRALIA 38
WASHINGTON, TUTSp/SMILEY LEWIS 1984 NEW ORLEANS, LA 77