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Harpist Good Rockin’ Charles is best-known for a solo he didn’t play Suffering from a bad case of studio fright, Charles chickened out of playing on guitarist Jimmy Rogers’ 1956 Chess waxing of “Walking by Myself” — leaving the door wide-open for Big Walter Horton to blow a galvanic solo that rates among his very best
Goodfellaz is a hip-hop-influenced urban R&B trio based in New York comprised of Miami native De Louie, New Yorker Angel and Ray, who hails from Oakland The group released their eponymous debut on Polygram Records in early 1997
A proper and fitting epitaph is something nobody should be without “I loaned Charlie Parker my saxophone” might be the best one for this musician, born Andrew Gardner and nicknamed “Goon” because…well, maybe because he loaned Charlie Parker his saxophone
One of the premier religious harmony groups, the Gaither Vocal Band was formed by contemporary gospel legend Bill Gaither in the early ’90s with Mark Lowry, Jonathan Pierce, and Guy Penrod
”Sax” Gordon Beadle is a much sought-after blues musician The hard-driving tenor saxophonist has made appearances as a soloist on albums and tours with such artists as Luther “Guitar Junior” Johnson, Duke Robillard, Roomful of Blues, Matt “Guitar” Murphy, Jay McShann, and Jimmy Witherspoon
Indiana bluesman Gordon Bonham initially earned notice fronting the Cooler Kings; as a solo artist, he debuted with Get Back Home, followed in 1999 by Low Down and Blue ~ Jason Ankeny, All Music Guide
T-Bone Walker inspired a legion of young Texas blues guitarists during the years following World War II with his elegant electrified riffs and fat chords Among his legion of disciples was Houston’s Goree Carter, whose big break came when Solomon Kahal signed him to Houston’s Freedom Records circa 1949
The Gospel Gangstaz comprised DJ Dove, Chilly Chill, Tic Toc, and Mr Solo, all onetime Los Angeles gang-bangers who later spread the Lord’s message via the hard beats and gritty rhymes of the West Coast rap sound
The Gospel Hummingbirds play a combination of traditional gospel (in the style similar to the Swan Silvertones, one of the Hummers’ chief inspirations) and modern electrified blues- and soul-injected gospel
Founded in 1967 by Rev James Cleveland, the Gospel Music Workshop of America is an annual convention bringing together fans of gospel from America, the United Kingdom, Africa and the Caribbean, ranging across faiths as diverse as Baptist, Methodist, Pentecostal, Catholic and Mormon