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Big Jim Folsom, Jamelle Folsom, and the Meat Grinders, 1962
Governor “Big Jim” Folsom, with his wife Jamelle and his 1962 campaign band, the Meat Grinders.
Big Jim Folsom's Strawberry Pickers at Birmingham Radio Station WTNB
Governor “Big Jim” Folsom’s Strawberry Pickers at Birmingham radio station WTNB, c. 1947.
Folsom promised the members of his campaign band that he would provide them all jobs with the State of Alabama, if he was elected. Following Folsom's 1947…
Folsom promised the members of his campaign band that he would provide them all jobs with the State of Alabama, if he was elected. Following Folsom's 1947…
Billie Holiday and Joe Guy (2 Contact Sheets)
These original contact sheets by photographer Skip Aldeman include images of Billie Holiday and Joe Guy, her musical and romantic partner. Also pictured is their beloved bulldog, Mister.
The Birmingham-born Guy, an early bebop pioneer, was widely…
The Birmingham-born Guy, an early bebop pioneer, was widely…
Billie Holiday and Joe Guy (Close-Up 1)
Detail from contact sheet by photographer Skip Aldeman. (For the full sheet of images, see "Billie Holiday and Joe Guy (2 Contact Sheets)."
The Birmingham-born Guy, an early bebop pioneer, was widely known as Billie Holiday's husband, though the…
Billie Holiday and Joe Guy (Close-Up 2)
Detail from contact sheet by photographer Skip Aldeman. (For the full sheet of images, see "Billie Holiday and Joe Guy (2 Contact Sheets)."
The Birmingham-born Guy, an early bebop pioneer, was widely known as Billie Holiday's husband, though the…
Birmingham Heritage Band at Oscar Adams victory celebration, 1988
Victory celebration for Alabama Supreme Court Justice Oscar Adams, Birmingham, 1988. Original press caption: “Oscar Adams dances with wife Anne-Marie to ‘Happy Days Are Here Again.’” Taking a solo behind the couple is Adams’s brother, saxophonist…
Birmingham Jazz Vocalists, Undated Recording
This undated reel-to-reel recording from the Frank Adams collection includes performances by the following vocalists:
Doris “Dot” Adams, “I’ll Be Around” Avery Richardson, “After the Party” Fletcher “Hootie” Myatt, “Poor Butterfly” (partial)…
Birmingham Nightclub Goers
Birmingham nightclub-goers, possibly at the popular Grand Terrace.
Photo courtesy Patrick Cather.
Photo courtesy Patrick Cather.
Bobby Rush at Gip's, 12/19/2009
Bobby Rush live at Gip's Place, December 19, 2009.Recording by Ray Whirlwind, courtesy Roger Stephenson.Running time: 53:13Tracklist (approximate):
00:00 Intro / Jimmy Reed Medley / You Just Like a Dresser
10:30 Uncle Esau
15:30 What’s Going…
Chinese Breakdown
Johnson Family home recording, Sand Mountain, Alabama, 1953
Chuck Clarke, Mary Alice Clarke Stollenwerck, Joe Guy, and Jesse Evans
Charles “Chuck” Clarke, Mary Alice Clarke Stollenwerck, Joe Guy, and Jesse Evans perform in a Birmingham club, c. 1950s.
Clarence "Bluesman" Davis and SharBaby Newport, CD Release Party at Gip's, 6/3/2009 (Featuring Luther Cottingham and Birmingham George Conner)
CD release party for the 2009 album Just Jukin' by SharBaby Newport and Clarence "Bluesman" Davis. Live at Gip's Place, Bessemer, Alabama, June 3, 2009.“I hope you got your cameras and whatever else to record this event. Tell your chilluns about it.”…
Cleve Eaton
Bassist Cleveland "Cleve" Eaton in Chicago, 1974.
Born in Fairfield, Alabama, Cleve Eaton (1934-2020) moved to Chicago in 1960, becoming an active figure in the city's jazz scene. In 1964 he joined the Ramsey Lewis Trio, performing for ten years…
Born in Fairfield, Alabama, Cleve Eaton (1934-2020) moved to Chicago in 1960, becoming an active figure in the city's jazz scene. In 1964 he joined the Ramsey Lewis Trio, performing for ten years…
Collins "Bo" Berry Tribute (2023 Program)
Program for a celebration honoring jazz trumpeter Collins "Bo" Berry of Birmingham, Alabama, November 11, 2023. Organized by friends and admirers, the tribute honored Berry's fifty-five years as a professional musician.
Cover photo by Roger…
Cover photo by Roger…
Dance Program, Senior Ball, Alabama College, 1936
Dance program for Alabama College's Senior Ball, 1936. Along with a printed list of student leaders and chaperones, this program includes a completed dance card, identifying the evening's dance partners for student Roberta Taylor.
A four-year…
A four-year…
Dave Miles (10 Tracks)
Blues harmonica player, singer, and guitarist Dave Miles, recorded by Patrick Cather in the 1960s. Miles was an original member of the Birmingham Jug Band, which recorded eight tunes for the Okeh record label in 1930 (a ninth recording, "Airplane…
Dee Clarke & Frank Adams, Eutaw, Alabama
Frank Adams performs with the Dee Clarke band at a Eutaw, Alabama, juke joint, 1970s.
“She doesn’t have to be Lena HorneShe can be from Eutaw, Alabama, and even country born.” -- Dee Clarke in Eutaw, 1970s
“What was it called? The Eutaw club,…
Dewey Simpson (5 photos)
Organ tuner and jack-of-all-trades, Dewey Gibson of Evergreen, Alabama, 1968.
Dewey Gibson was an itinerant piano tuner, organist, preacher, poet, typewriter repairman, ironing board manufacturer, and all-purpose mechanic. A husband and father of…
Dot Adams, "Stars Fell On Alabama"
“Stars Fell On Alabama”: Dot Adams with the Frank Adams band at the Woodland Club, 1960s. For fourteen years in the 1950s and ’60s, the Frank Adams band performed nearly every weekend at the Woodland Club, a “honkytonk” on the edge of Birmingham, in…
Draper Prison Band, 1953
Draper Prison Band at Alabama State Capitol, Montgomery. Press photo, September 1953. Newspaper caption: “Prison band whoops it up—It has become customary for the Draper Prison band to play in the Capitol rotunda the closing night of the legislative…