Buddy Guy

Buddy Guy

male, 73 years old
Cobra label, baton rouge, American blues musician, rock and roll hall of fame, Chess Records, DelmarkRecords…Cobra Records
George "Buddy" Guy (born July 30, 1936) is an American blues and rock guitarist and singer. Known as an inspiration to Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton...

Bob Koester

male, 77 years old
big band, Jazz Record Mart, Robert Gregg Koester, DelmarkRecords, Blues Hall of Fame inductee, blues…Delmar Records
Robert Gregg Koester (born October 30, 1932) is the founder and owner of Delmark Records, the oldest independent record label in the United States...
Magic Sam

Magic Sam

male, deceased (1969)
myocardial infarction, guitarist, Jake Blues, Black Magic, deserted, Burr Oak Cemetery and Restvale Cemetery…DelmarkRecords
Sam "Magic Sam" Maghett was a blues guitarist and singer. Magic Sam was born in Grenada, Mississippi. After moving to Chicago, Illinois in 1950,...

Kahil El'Zabar

male
musician, Avant-garde jazz musician, DelmarkRecords, Ethnic Heritage Ensemble, multi-instrumentalist, American
Kahil El'Zabar (born November 11, 1953, Chicago, Illinois) is a jazz multi-instrumentalist (mainly a percussionist) and composer. He regularly...
Bruce Iglauer

Bruce Iglauer

male
Blues Hall of Fame inductee, chicago magazine, Hound Dog Taylor & The HouseRockers, DelmarkRecords, Alligator Records, Independent…Alligator Records employee
The founder of Alligator Records, one of the largest and most successful independent labels of the modern era, producer Bruce Iglauer was among the...
Arthur Crudup

Arthur Crudup

male, deceased (1976)
musician, Fire Records, African American, That's All Right Mama, Peel Sessions artist, singer…Trumpet Records, Ace Records, DelmarkRecords, Checker Records, Bluebird Records
Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup (also known as "Pop" Crudup) (August 24, 1905 - March 28, 1976) was a delta blues singer and guitarist. He is best known...
Pete Welding

Pete Welding

male, deceased (1995)
Record producer, historian, down beat, American, blues, Blues Hall of Fame inductee…DelmarkRecords, Testament Records
Peter J. Welding (November 15, 1935 - November 17, 1995) was an American blues historian, archivist and record producer. Born in Philadelphia, he...
Sammy Blue

Sammy Blue

Emory University, manager, lone star, crown, music, born in Georgia…Alligator Records, DelmarkRecords, Delmark
Sammy Blue returned to Atlanta and met Muddy Waters the following year. Muddy also "took a liking" to Sammy and invited him to go to Chicago with...