Born on this day – Lefty Bates:

Lefty Bates

Blues guitarist

March 9, 1920 – April 7, 2007

Credits:

Albums:

Big Boss Man (1968); Jimmy Reed at Carnegie Hall (1961); Jimmy Reed Plays 12 String Guitar Blues (1963); Soulin' (1967); The Folk Lore of John Lee Hooker (1961); The New Jimmy Reed Album (1967); Travelin' (1960).

Songs:

Am I Blue; Background; Canal Street Blues; Chicago Cha Cha; Dusty Road; Goin' to California; I Can't Believe; I Wanna Walk; I'll Know Tonight; I'm a Stranger; Jack, You're Dead; Ninety Days; No Shoes; Rock Alley; Run On; Say Whoa; Solid Sender; Sunny Land; Watch Yourself Baby; Whiskey and Wimmen; You Call It Madness.

Born on this day – John Cephas:

John Cephas

Blues guitarist

September 4, 1930 – March 4, 2009

Credits:

Albums:

Bluesmen (1993); Cool Down (1996); Dog Days of August (1986); Flip, Flop & Fly (1992); From Richmond to Atlanta (2000); Goin' down the Road Feelin' Bad (1998); Guitar Man (1987); Homemade (1999); Let It Roll: Bowling Green (1985); Living Country Blues USA, vol. 1 (1981); Richmond Blues (2008); Shoulder to Shoulder (2006); Somebody Told the Truth (2002); Sweet Bitter Blues (1984 / 1994); Walking Blues (1988).

Born on this day – Sylvester Weaver:

Sylvester Weaver

Blues Guitarist

July 25, 1897 – April 4, 1960

Credits:

Compilation albums:

Complete Recorded Works Vol. 1 (1923–1927) (1992); Complete Recorded Works Vol. 2 (1927) (1992).

Born on this day – Richard "Hacksaw" Harney:

Richard "Hacksaw" Harney

Blues guitarist

Pianist

July 16, 1902 – December 25, 1973

Born on this day – Robert Lockwood Jr.:

Robert Lockwood Jr.

Blues guitarist

March 27, 1915 – November 21, 2006

Credits:

Albums:

Angel Child: Robert Lockwood Jr. Live in Concert (2012); Black Spider Blues (2015); Blues Elite: Best Of Robert Lockwood Jr. (Live) (2015); Blues Live in Japan! (1976); Blues Nights (2012); Contrasts (1993); Delta Crossroads (2000); Electric Blues: Robert Lockwood Jr. In Concert (2012); I Got to Find Me a Woman (1998); Johnny Shines & Robert Lockwood (1980); Just the Blues (1999); Last of the Great Mississippi Delta Bluesmen: Live in Dallas (2007); Little Boy Blue (2024); Mississippi Blues (1935-1951) (2022); Mississippi Blues Vol. 4 (2007); Presenting Robert Lockwood, Jr. (1938); Ramblin' On My Mind (1982); Ramblin' On My Mind (Blues Reference) [recorded in France 1982] (1982); Robert Jr. Lockwood does 12 (1996); Robert Jr. Lockwood plays Robert and Robert (1982); Robert Lockwood Jr., Live 1984 New Orleans (2015); Steady Rollin' Man (1973); Sweet Home Chicago (2012); Swings in Tokyo: Live at the Park Tower Blues Festival (1996); Take A Walk With Me (2022); The Blues Of (2004); The Complete Trix Recordings (1999); The Legend Live (2004).

Songs:

Aw Aw Baby; Big Legged Woman; Black Spider Blues; Blues and Trouble; Bring It On Home; C.C. Rider; Can't Stand the Pain; Driving Wheel; Dust My Broom; Everyday I Have The Blues; Exactly Like You; Feel Like Blowing My Horn; Hangin' On; How Long Blues; I'm Gonna Dig Myself A Hole; In The Evening; Keys To The Highway; King Biscuit Time; Little Boy Blue; Little Boy Blues; Little Queen Of Spades; Mean Black Spider; Mean Mistreater Mama; Mean Red Spider; Mr. Down Child; Sweet Home Chicago; Take a Little Walk; Take a Walk with Me; This Little Girl Of Mine; Walkin' Blues; Western Horizon; Worst Old Feeling.

Movies and television:

All Tied Up (1993); American Epic (2017); Blues Like Showers of Rain (1970); Blues Story (2003); Can't You Hear the Wind Howl? The Life & Music of Robert Johnson (1997); Flipping (1996); Forever (2014); Hellhounds on My Trail: The Afterlife of Robert Johnson (2000); Hollywood's Magical Island: Catalina (2003); The Arrival (1996); The Kennedy Center Presents: A Tribute to Muddy Waters: King of the Blues (1998).