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One of the more genuine urban songstresses out there in the mid-2000s, Keyshia Cole worked her way up the industry ladder diligently yet quickly, making her major-label debut in 2004 at age 21
A Detroit duo, they recorded “Quiet Guy” ~ All Music Guide, All Music Guide
Born on January 13, 1959, in Fullerton, CA, blues-rock guitarist David “Kid” Ramos inherited his love of music from his parents, who were both professional opera singers
Kid Thomas, aka Tommy Louis, aka Tommy Lewis, was and is one of the great unsung heroes of that crazy kind of music that skirts the fine line between blues and straight-out rock & roll
Guitarist Joe Harris and mandolin player Kid West, a pair of Louisiana musicians best known for a group of 11 tracks (including two takes of the elegant “Railroad Rag”) they recorded on October 9, 1940, in Shreveport, LA, for the Library of Congress Folk Archives project, had an uncommon and fluid sound that straddled the line between blues, string band dance tunes, and rags
David Pelsue (vocals), Nathan Ehman (guitar), and Eric Carter (drums) had all been playing together in various incarnations since their high-school days in Noblesville, IN, before forming Kids in the Way in 1997
Contemporary gospel singer Kierra “KiKi” Sheard was born into the genre As the daughter of Karen Clark-Sheard, founding member of the Clark Sisters, and granddaughter of Dr
When the band Les Q broke up in 1978, Steve Hegyi and Greg Leskiw (from the Guess Who) formed Kilowatt with bassist Bill Wallace (also from Leskiw’s former band) and drummer Bob Brett
Born in Florida, Boyce rejected a network news position to go into the music ministry ~ Bil Carpenter, All Music Guide
Best known for her tenure with the pioneering avant-funk unit Defunkt, bassist Kim Clarke began playing R&B at age 18; a self-taught musician, she was a college sophomore when she first learned of the Jazzmobile project’s Saturday workshops, changing her major to music and proceeding to study under the likes of Jimmy Owens, Lisle Atkinson, Buster Williams, Victor Gaskins, Jimmy Heath and Ernie Wilkins