Bman's Blues Report

M usic Maker launches new website! John Dee Holeman image from MM's new site! Music Maker has launched our website re-design, make sure you check it out at www.musicmaker.org! With the help of OnRamp Branding, we've updated our whole site in the hopes of making your experience discovering artists and music even more exciting. We will be adding to the site over the coming months, so stay tuned for more features! Start exploring here ! Diggin': Australian Broadcasting Company Radio - "The Music Makers" photo by Daniel Guerra Shevonne Hunt and her husband, Daniel Guerra, came to visit Music Maker in summer of 2011, interviewing and recording MM's Founders and artists to tell the story of Music Maker for radio broadcast on ABC. Shevonne and Daniel became part of the Music Maker family while they were here, and listening to this piece has brought us so much joy as we remember their visit. They were able to really ...

Richard Big Boy Henry b. May 26, 1921 in Beaufort, North Carolina d. December 5, 2004 in Beaufort, North Carolina Although Richard “Big Boy” Henry was an imposing figure at first glance, he was one of the sweetest, most gentle men ever to sing the blues. Born in Beaufort, North Carolina in 1921, he spent much of his life near the coast earning a modest living for himself and his family. As a youth he was drawn to the music of the itinerant blues singers who worked the streets near his home, and he learned to play the guitar. Before his first marriage, he made a fair name for himself as a powerful singer and versatile guitarist on the thriving Carolina blues scene. In the Fifties he stopped playing music, and didn’t pick up a guitar again until thirty years later, encouraged by some young musicians who had heard tales of his early exploits. Throughout the 80s and 90s Big Boy appeared at prestigious festivals throughout the states and abroad and issued numerous self-produced cassettes an...