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Barbee, John Henry b. November 14, 1905 d. November 3, 1964
Blues Musician. Born William George Tucker in Henning, Tennessee, he was singer guitarist and changed his name to reflect his favorite folk song, "The Ballard of John Henry". He toured in the 1930s throughout the south playing slide guitar and released his first record "Six Weeks Old Blues" on the Vocalion label in 1938. The record had good success followed by hits to include "God Knows I Can't Help It", "Six Weeks Old Blues", "Against My Will", "Early In The Morning" and "No Pickin, No Pullin"...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Restvale Cemetery, Alsip, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Plot: Sec. SS, Row 10, Gr. 42
Clayton, Peter Joe 'Doc' b. 1898 d. 1947
Musician. Born in Georgia, he was a singer, piano player and a pioneer of the early Chicago Blues era. He recorded for Bluebird records from the 1930s until his death and was a regular in the Chicago scene. Among his songs he wrote and recorded are "Cheating and Lying Blues", "I Ain't Gonna Drink No More", "Pearl Harbor Blues", "Moonshine Woman Blues", "Hold That Train, Conductor" and "I Need My Baby" which were both covered by B.B. King. He died of tuberculosis in Chicago, Illinois. (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Restvale Cemetery, Alsip, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Plot: Sec. B2, Row 46, Gr. 44
Clifton, Nathaniel 'Sweetwater' b. October 13, 1926 d. August 31, 1990
Professional Basketball Player. He was born Clifton Nathaniel in Little Rock, Arkansas and later raised in Chicago, Illinois. After serving in the US Army during World War II, he first rose to fame as a member of the Harlem Globetrotters (1947 to 1950). He played at the center and forward positions for eight seasons (1950 to 1958) in the National Basketball Association with the New York Knicks and Detroit Pistons. Along with Earl Lloyd and Chuck Cooper, Clifton was one of the first African-...[Read More] (Bio by: C.S.)
Restvale Cemetery, Alsip, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Plot: Section A3, Row 12
Hooker, Earl Zebedee b. 1929 d. 1970
Blue Musician. Born in Clarksdale, Mississippi, he was a self-taught guitarist and began his itinerant career as a teenager. He toured America's southern states in the company of Robert Nighthawk, Ike Turner and many others. He made his first recordings in 1952, followed a sporadic performing schedule throughout the 1950s and settled in Chicago where he began a more consistent home base. His early work was spread over several of the city's independent labels with success in contemporary blues...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Restvale Cemetery, Alsip, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Plot: Sec. K, Lot 33, Gr. 4
Horton, Walter 'Shakey' b. April 6, 1918 d. December 8, 1981
Walter "Shakey" Horton, blues harmonica player also know as "Big Walter" so he would not be confused with "Little Walter" Jacobs. He served a long tenure as a session player for Chess Records during the 1950s appearing on recordings of Otis Rush, Muddy Waters, Jimmie Rogers and many others. During the 1960s he backed such artists a Tampa Red and "Big Mama" Thornton before finishing his career as a member of Willie Dixon's Blues All Stars.
Restvale Cemetery, Alsip, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Plot: Section J-1, Lot 39, Gr. 5
Hutto, J.B. b. April 26, 1926 d. June 12, 1983
Musician. Born Joseph Benjamin Hutto in Blackville, South Carolina, he was a blues artist known for his slide guitar playing and declamatory style of singing. In the early 1950s, he played with Johnny Ferguson and his Twisters in Chicago and did recording sessions with his band The Hawks. He became disenchanted with music in the late 1950s, but returned to the music industry in the mid 1960s with a new version of the Hawks and was signed to Vanguard Records. For the next two decades, his albums...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Restvale Cemetery, Alsip, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Plot: Sec. s-3, Lot 55, Gr. 11
Jones, Johnny b. 1924 d. 1964
Blues Musician. Born in Jackson, Mississippi, he was a pianist known as "Little Johnny Jones". In 1946, he went to Chicago, entering the Blues scene playing for Tampa Red and Muddy Waters. From 1952 to 1956 he played, toured and recorded with Elmore James. His solo recordings included the classics "Worried Life Blues", "One Room Country Shack", "I Have Got to Go" and "Love Her With a Feeling". (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Restvale Cemetery, Alsip, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Plot: Sec. SS, Row 11, Gr. 32
Maghett, Samuel 'Magic Sam' b. February 14, 1936 d. December 1, 1969
Blues musician. In 1950 he relocated from his birth place Mississippi Delta, Grenada, Mississippi to Chicago, Illinois. His singles from 1957 to 1959: "All Your Love", "Easy Baby" and "She Belongs to Me". In 1963 he recorded and gained national attention for his recording "Fellin' Good (We're Gonna Boogie) ". He recorded and produced "West Side Soul" and "Black Magic" in 1967. He performed with such greats as: B.B. King, Muddy Waters, Big Mama Thornton, Big Joe Williams, Otis Rush and Freddy...[Read More] (Bio by: Babe)
Cause of death: Heart attack
Restvale Cemetery, Alsip, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Plot: Section D, Lot 106, Grave 3, Look for the 'Graham' marker nearby
McCoy, Charles 'Papa Charlie' b. 1909 d. 1950
Musician. Born in Jackson, Mississippi, he was delta blues guitar, mandolin player and songwriter. He began playing in the early 1920s, in the Mississippi area with his band, The Mississippi Hot Footers and later joined Bo Carters' Mississippi Mud Steppers. In 1928, he first recorded in Memphis in 1928, in an all-star session that saw him backing Rosie Mae Moore, Tommy Johnson and Ishman Bracey. Later that year, he played on the first recording of "Corrine Corrina" with Bo Chatmon and Walter...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Restvale Cemetery, Alsip, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Plot: Sec. 1-E, Row 13, Gr. 125
McCoy, Joe 'Kansas' b. 1905 d. 1950
Blues Musician. Born in Raymond, Mississippi, he was a guitar player best known as "Kansas Joe" on the music scene in Memphis, Tennessee, in the 1920s. In 1929, he teamed up with his wife Lizzie Douglas, recorded the song "Bumble Bee" for Columbia Records which became a hit. He moved to the Chicago blues scene in 1930, where he performed, wrote and recorded his most classics pieces. His many songs included "When the Levee Break", "The Weed Smoker's Dream" and "Why Don't You Do Right?" which...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Restvale Cemetery, Alsip, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Plot: Sec. 1-E, Row 10, Gr. 91
McKinley, William 'Jazz Gillum' b. 1904 d. 1966
Musician. Born in Indianola, Mississippi, he was a blues singer harmonica player known as "Jazz Gillum". In 1923, he went to Chicago, where he worked as a studio musician and played with Big Bill Broonzy. During the 1930s to 1940, he recorded more then 65 sides for Bluebird label to include "I'm That Man Down in the Mine", "Swingtime", "Me and My Buddy" and "I Want You By My Side". After serving in the US Army during World War II, he went right back to playing and recording for Bluebird. During...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Restvale Cemetery, Alsip, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Plot: Sec. SS, Row 24, Gr. 12
Nelson, Iromeio 'Romeo' b. 1902 d. 1974
Musician. Born in Springfield, Tennessee, he was a singer boogie-woogie pianist noted for setting the stage for barrelhouse blues. Based in Chicago music scene, his recordings are regarded as some of the finest boogie-woogie showpieces of all time. Signed to the Vocalion label in 1929, his songs included "Head Rag Hop", "Getting Dirty Just Shaking That Thing", "Wilkens Street Stomp", and "Now Sister and Brother Lowdown". He retired from music in the 1960s. (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Restvale Cemetery, Alsip, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Plot: Sec. D0, Row 6, Gr. 66
Oden, James Burke 'St. Louis Jimmy' b. 1903 d. 1977
Musician. Born in Nashville, Tennesee, he was a blues pianist and composer dubbed "St. Louis Jimmy". After more than ten years playing in and around St. Louis, Missouri, he moved to Chicago in 1933. Chicago became his home base and there he would enjoy a solid performing and recording career for the next four decades. His many songs included "Goin' Down Slow", "Florida Hurricane", "Monkey Face Woman", "Why Work" and "Murder in the First Degree". Oden also traveled the country performing with...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Restvale Cemetery, Alsip, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Plot: Sec. FO, Row 10, GR. 12
Russell, Paula
Blues Musician
Restvale Cemetery, Alsip, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Smith, Clarence 'Pine Top' b. 1904 d. 1929
Blues Musician. Born in Orion, Alabama, he was considered to be the originator of the Boogie Woogie style of piano playing. From around 1920, he was based in Pittsburgh and in the following years traveled with minstrel and vaudeville shows. In December, 1928, he signed with Vocalion records, recording the first time phrase "Boogie Woogie" hits "Pine Top Blues", "Pine Top's Boogie Woogie" and "Jump Seady Blue". Boogie Woogie soon became a national craze and he continued to play until his death...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Restvale Cemetery, Alsip, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Taylor, Edward b. January 29, 1923 d. December 25, 1985
Renowned Blues musician. Edward Taylor grew up in Mississippi and watched Charlie Patton and Robert Johnson play in juke joints when he was a small boy. Eddie came to Chicago in 1949 and hooked up with childhood friend Jimmy Reed in 1953. Two years later, he started making records under his own name, including the classics "Bad Boy", "Ride 'Em On Down", and "Big Town Playboy". He went on to record with John Lee Hooker, Elmore James, John Brim, and Snooky Pryor. By the late 1950's, Taylor was...[Read More] (Bio by: Daniel L. Taylor Sr.)
Restvale Cemetery, Alsip, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Plot: Section L4X, Row 19, Grave 106
Taylor, Theodore Roosevelt 'Hound Dog' b. April 12, 1915 d. December 17, 1975
Musician. Born Theodore Roosevelt Taylor in Natchez, Mississippi, he was a blues slide guitarist, born with six fingers on each hand. At age 21, he started playing all over the Delta and also appeared on the legendary "King Biscuit Flower" radio show of KFFA in West Helena, Arkansas, with Sonny Boy Williamson. In the 1950s, he became one of Chicago's most loved bluesmen and cut his first single, "Baby Is Coming Home" in 1960. His other hit tunes included "Take Five", "Christine", "Alley Music"...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Restvale Cemetery, Alsip, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Plot: Stone placed June, 2000
Tucker, Luther b. 1936 d. 1993
Musician. Born in Memphis, Tennessee, he was one of the most distinctive Chicago blues performers known for his unique style of rhythm-like lead guitar playing. In the 1950s, he played in harmonica master Little Walter's band and recorded hits to include "Blue Midnight", "Key to the Highway" and "Boom, Boom, Out Go the lights". Through the 1960s to early 1970s, he recorded with artist such as Muddy Waters, Sonny Boy Williamson, Otis Rush, James Cotton and John Lee Hooker. He formed the Luther...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Restvale Cemetery, Alsip, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Plot: Sec. G, Bl. 3, Lot 40, Gr. 14
Waters (Morganfield), Muddy (McKinley) b. April 4, 1915 d. April 30, 1983
Blues Musician. Born McKinley Morganfield, Muddy Waters received his more famous sobriquet as a child. His grandmother, who raised Waters following the death of his mother in 1918, called him "Muddy" after his habit of playing in a shallow creek nearby their home. He took up harmonica and guitar in his teens, absorbing the influences of local legends Son House and Robert Johnson. In 1941 and 1942, Waters recorded several acoustic country blues pieces for a team of Library of Congress folksong...[Read More] (Bio by: Stuthehistoryguy)
Restvale Cemetery, Alsip, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Plot: Section H, Lot 133, Gr. 12 Right by the office
Watson, Johnny 'Daddy Stove Pipe' b. 1867 d. 1963
Musician. A true pioneer of the blues, he was a veteran of the turn of the 19th century Southern medicine shows who played guitar and harmonica. He gained his nickname from the stovepipe top hat he wore and became one of the first blues harp players to appear on record in 1924. His many 78 RPM recordings included "Sundown Blues", "Stove Pipe Blues", "Greenville Strut", "Black Snake Blues" and "Strewin' It Out". In the 1930s, he recorded with his wife, Mississippi Sarah and spent his last years...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Restvale Cemetery, Alsip, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Plot: Sec. L5, Row 4, Gr. 87

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