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Jerry McCain

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Jerry McCain, often billed as Jerry "Boogie" McCain (June 18, 1930 – March 28, 2012), was an American electric blues musician, best known as a harmonica player. [1]

33 relations: Blues, Columbia Records, Compilation album, Electric blues, Excello Records, Gadsden, Alabama, George "Harmonica" Smith, Guitar, Harmonica, Howlin' Wolf, Ichiban Records, Jewel Records (Shreveport record label), Jimmie Vaughan, Jimmy Reed, John Primer, Johnnie Johnson (musician), Junior Wells, Kim Wilson, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Little Walter, Lyrics, Music Maker (label), New York City, Okeh Records, Record label, Rex Records (1933), Rhino Entertainment, Singing, Snooky Pryor, Sound recording and reproduction, The Fabulous Thunderbirds, Trumpet Records, United States.

Blues

Blues is a music genre and musical form originated by African Americans in the Deep South of the United States around the end of the 19th century.

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Columbia Records

Columbia Records is an American record label owned by Sony Music Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America, the North American division of Japanese conglomerate Sony.

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Compilation album

A compilation album comprises tracks, either previously released or unreleased, usually from several separate recordings by either one or several performers.

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Electric blues

Electric blues refers to any type of blues music distinguished by the use of electric amplification for musical instruments.

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Excello Records

Excello Records was an American blues independent record label, started by Ernie Young in Nashville, Tennessee, United States, in 1953 as a subsidiary of Nashboro, a gospel label.

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Gadsden, Alabama

Gadsden is a city in and the county seat of Etowah County in the U.S. state of Alabama.

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George "Harmonica" Smith

George "Harmonica" Smith (born Allen George Smith, April 22, 1924 – October 2, 1983) was an American electric blues harmonica player.

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Guitar

The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that usually has six strings.

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Harmonica

The harmonica, also known as a French harp or mouth organ, is a free reed wind instrument used worldwide in many musical genres, notably in blues, American folk music, classical music, jazz, country, and rock and roll.

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Howlin' Wolf

Chester Arthur Burnett (June 10, 1910 – January 10, 1976), known as Howlin' Wolf, was a Chicago blues singer, guitarist, and harmonica player, originally from Mississippi.

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Ichiban Records

Ichiban Records was an American independent record label, founded in 1985 by John Abbey and Nina Easton in Atlanta, Georgia, United States.

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Jewel Records (Shreveport record label)

Jewel Records was an American independent record label, founded in 1963 by Stan Lewis and based in Shreveport, Louisiana.

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Jimmie Vaughan

Jimmie Lawrence Vaughan (born March 20, 1951, Oak Cliff, Dallas County, Texas, United States) is an American blues rock guitarist and singer based in Austin, Texas.

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Jimmy Reed

Mathis James Reed (September 6, 1925August 29, 1976) was an American blues musician and songwriter.

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John Primer

John Primer (born March 5, 1945, Camden, Mississippi, United States) is an American Chicago blues and electric blues singer and guitarist.

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Johnnie Johnson (musician)

Johnnie Clyde Johnson (July 8, 1924 – April 13, 2005) was an American pianist who played jazz, blues and rock and roll.

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Junior Wells

Junior Wells (born Amos Wells Blakemore Jr., December 9, 1934January 15, 1998) was an American Chicago blues vocalist, harmonica player, and recording artist.

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Kim Wilson

Kim Wilson (born January 6, 1951) is an American blues singer and harmonica player.

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Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts

Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts is a complex of buildings in the Lincoln Square neighborhood of the borough of Manhattan in New York City.

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Little Walter

Marion Walter Jacobs (May 1, 1930 – February 15, 1968), known as Little Walter, was an American blues musician, singer, and songwriter, whose revolutionary approach to the harmonica and impact on succeeding generations earned comparisons for him to such seminal artists as Django Reinhardt, Charlie Parker and Jimi Hendrix.

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Lyrics

Lyrics are words that make up a song usually consisting of verses and choruses.

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Music Maker (label)

Music Maker Relief Foundation is an American non-profit, based in Hillsborough, North Carolina.

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New York City

The City of New York, often called New York City (NYC) or simply New York, is the most populous city in the United States.

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Okeh Records

Okeh Records is an American record label founded by the Otto Heinemann Phonograph Corporation, a phonograph supplier established in 1916, which branched out into phonograph records in 1918.

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Record label

A record label, or record company, is a brand or trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos.

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Rex Records (1933)

Rex Records was a United Kingdom-based record label founded in 1933 by the Crystalate Gramophone Record Manufacturing Company, also the parent of British Imperial Records.

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Rhino Entertainment

Rhino Entertainment Company is an American specialty record label and production company founded in 1978.

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Singing

Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice and augments regular speech by the use of sustained tonality, rhythm, and a variety of vocal techniques.

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Snooky Pryor

James Edward "Snooky" Pryor (September 15, 1919 or 1921 – October 18, 2006) was an American Chicago blues harmonica player.

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Sound recording and reproduction

Sound recording and reproduction is an electrical, mechanical, electronic, or digital inscription and re-creation of sound waves, such as spoken voice, singing, instrumental music, or sound effects.

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The Fabulous Thunderbirds

The Fabulous Thunderbirds is an American blues rock band formed in Texas in 1974.

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Trumpet Records

Trumpet Records was an American record company founded by Willard McMurry and Lillian McMurry in Jackson, Mississippi in 1951.

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United States

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_McCain

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