The nomenclatures of Jump Blues and Blues Shouters are often , somewhat inaccurately, generically used to describe their individual styles.
This is a lexicon of Black Rock musicians that spans from the original creators of the Rock & Roll genre, beginning in 1940's, and includes contemporaneous (ethnically) Black Rock musicians. Contrary to what is often depicted, Rock & Roll actually began in the 1940's with notable musicians such as Louis Jordan, Wynonie Harris, Sister Rosetta Tharpe and Big Joe Turner. Blues...as well as Jazz... ar
06/09/2026
R.I.P. to musician extraordinaire James Blood Ulmer.
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https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/music/articles/pioneering-guitarist-james-blood-ulmer-001620883.html
https://www.npr.org/2026/06/08/nx-s1-5850695/james-blood-ulmer-obituary
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/music/articles/guitar-legend-death-86-rocks-091544910.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWaYGS97Yz8
06/09/2026
05/21/2026
https://relix.com/news/detail/ike-willis-longtime-vocalist-and-guitarist-with-frank-zappa-dead-at-70/
https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/ike-willis-guitarist-and-vocalist-with-frank-zappa-dies-aged-70
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/music/articles/ike-willis-long-term-guitarist-155248608.html
Ike Willis, Longtime Vocalist and Guitarist with Frank Zappa, Dead at 70 Ike Willis, photo by Joe Mabel, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=45633888 Ike Willis, the vocalist and guitarist who toured
02/01/2026
We have musician friends here on social media that were close personal friends with Mr. Nelson, and we're particulary sensitive
to their needs for space in mourning. That being said, we want to give out our condolences to all of his family and loved
ones. Moreover, many of us...myself included...were greater proponents of the Billy Bass Nelson era of Funkadelic than the s
subsequent P-Funk iterations. We literally grew up to the sounds of his music. His influence and legacies can't be overstated.
R.I.P.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/news/founding-parliament-funkadelic-bassist-billy-bass-dead-at-75/ar-AA1V0YiU
https://societyofrock.com/a-funk-pioneer-is-gone-parliament-funkadelic-fans-are-mourning-billy-bass/
A Funk Pioneer Is Gone — Parliament-Funkadelic Fans Are Mourning Billy Bass Founding Parliament-Funkadelic bassist Billy Bass Nelson has died at the age of 74, just two days before his 75th birthday. No cause of death has been made public. The loss marks the passing of one of the earliest architects of the P-Funk universe, a musician whose influence was foundational, even i...