Magic Sam

Magic Sam

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

Earl Hooker

male, deceased (1970)
guitarist, Sebastian Danchin, double-neck guitar, Earl Zebedee Hooker, RestvaleCemetery, Burr Oak Cemetery and Restvale Cemetery
Earl Hooker (January 15, 1929 - April 21, 1970) was an American blues guitarist. Born Earl Zebedee Hooker in Clarksdale, Mississippi, his...
Kansas Joe McCoy

Kansas Joe McCoy

male, deceased (1950)
Harlem Hamfats, Joe McCoy, Led Zeppelin IV, When The Levee Breaks, RestvaleCemetery, Burr Oak Cemetery and Restvale Cemetery
Joe McCoy was an African American blues musician. Joe McCoy played music under a variety of stage names but is best known as "Kansas Joe McCoy."...
Eddie Taylor

Eddie Taylor

male, deceased (1985)
musician, African American, Busker, bad boy, Blues guitarist, Blues musician…Burr Oak Cemetery and Restvale Cemetery, RestvaleCemetery
Edward Taylor was an American blues guitarist and singer. Born in Benoit, Mississippi, as a boy Eddie Taylor taught himself to play the guitar. He...
Papa Charlie McCoy

Papa Charlie McCoy

male, deceased (1950)
American military personnel of World War II, The Mississippi Hot Footers, Charles "Papa Charlie" McCoy, Joe McCoy, RestvaleCemetery, Burr Oak Cemetery and Restvale Cemetery
Charles "Papa Charlie" McCoy (b. May 26 1909, Jackson, Mississippi - d. July 26 1950, Chicago, Illinois) was an African American blues musician. He...
John Henry Barbee

John Henry Barbee

male, deceased (1964)
William George Tucker, The Ballad of John Henry, John Henry, guitar, Blues musician, Blues singer…Burr Oak Cemetery and Restvale Cemetery, RestvaleCemetery
John Henry Barbee was an American blues singer and guitarist. He was born William George Tucker, and changed his name with the commencement of his...
St. Louis Jimmy Oden

St. Louis Jimmy Oden

male, deceased (1977)
musician, African American, Record producer, singer, composer, Blues musician…Burr Oak Cemetery and Restvale Cemetery, RestvaleCemetery
James Burke "St. Louis Jimmy" Oden (June 26, 1903 - December 30, 1977), was an American blues vocalist and composer. Born in Nashville, Tennessee,...