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Walter Miller at Joe (1989 Radio Broadcast)
1989 radio broadcast featuring pianist Walter Miller live at the Birmingham bar and bistro Joe (sometimes known as Joe Bar).As a trumpeter, Miller performed for many years in the bands of Lionel Hampton, Ray Charles, and Sun Ra. Sun Ra in particular…
Juke Joint Duo (Cedric Burnside & Lightnin' Malcolm) at Gip's, October 2010
Juke Joint Duo (Cedric Burnside & Lightnin' Malcom) live at Gip's Place, Bessemer, Alabama, October 2010. Henry "Gip" Gipson performs at approximately 26:00. Recorded by Ray Whirlwind. Courtesy Roger Stephenson.
Satan and Adam at Gip's, 2008 (Featuring Little Joe Wells)
Satan and Adam, live at Gip's Place, Bessemer, Alabama, 2008. Featuring Little Joe Wells, Lenny Madden, and others. Recording courtesy Roger Stephenson. Listen to all tracks on this playlist (approximately 2 hours, 40 minutes total), or choose an…
Johnny Hayden's Organettes Presents Live from Club 401: Swing Soul Roll
This LP, recorded and sold in the 1960s at Birmingham’s Club 401, features live music by Johnny Hayden and the Organettes, with vocal performances by Roszetta Johnson, Eddie Sawyer, and Johnny Jackson. The club was located on Ishkooda Road in…
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,…
Roscoe Robinson at Gip's, 6/9/2009 (Featuring Mikey Junior)
Roscoe Robinson and Mikey Junior live at Gip's Place, Bessemer, Alabama, June 9, 2009. Recording courtesy Roger Stephenson. Track 1: Roscoe RobinsonIntro / Ooh Baby That’s Enough I Who Have Nothing So Called Friends We Got a Good Thing Going A…
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…
Willie King at Gip's, 12/20/2008 (Featuring Elnora Spencer and Kendra Sutton)
Willie King and Friends live at Gip’s Place, Bessemer, Alabama, December 20, 2008. Featuring: Lenny Madden, Kendra Sutton, Jock Webb, Elnora Spencer, Henry “Gip” Gibson, and others. Recording courtesy Roger Stephenson. “I’m gonna let y’all jook on…
Frank Adams and Band, Undated Recording
This undated reel-to-reel recording from the Frank Adams collection includes Adams on clarinet and alto saxophone, drummer Herbie Bryant, bassist Ivory “Pops” Williams, and other unidentified performers. Performances include two upbeat instrumentals,…
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…