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Pianist and singer/songwriter Marcia Ball is a living example of how East Texas blues meets southwest Louisiana swamp rock Ball was born March 20, 1949, in Orange, TX, but grew up across the border in Vinton, LA

Marco Washington Biography, Photos, Pictures

Some musicians are best known as relatives of other more famous musicians, even if nobody can agree on exactly the nature of the relation The Texas bassist Marco Washington is one such character, his main claim to fame being the fact that he was either the stepfather or the uncle of the great Texas bluesman T-Bone Walker depending on which blues scholar it is that has shimmied up the Washington family tree

Pastor and CCM musician Marcos Witt (born Jonathan Mark Witt) grew up in San Antonio, TX, and studied classical music at the University of Juarez in Durango, Mexico His first album, Adoremos!, was released in 1992, and it was followed by five more albums in the following decade

Marcus Brown Biography, Photos, Pictures

Marcus Brown recorded one soul single for the Shreveport, LA-based Peermont label (actually a subsidiary of the Murco label) in 1968, “I’m Coming Home”/”Hey Little Girl

Margaret Allison Biography, Photos, Pictures

The co-founder and lead vocalist of the legendary Angelic Gospel Singers, Margaret Allison was born and raised in Philadelphia, where she first surfaced as a member of a chorus named the Spiritual Echoes

Margaret Becker Biography, Photos, Pictures

Songwriter, electric guitarist, and vocalist Margaret Becker has had no less than 14 superb number one radio hits and three distinguished Dove Awards, and has been nominated for a Grammy four times during her extraordinary Christian rock career — and she’s nowhere near done

Margaret Bell Biography, Photos, Pictures

Bell is the younger sister of Vanessa Bell Armstrong A former commercial jingle singer, she is married to Keith Byars of the Philadelphia Eagles ~ Bil Carpenter, All Music Guide

Margaret Bonds Biography, Photos, Pictures

Margaret Bonds received great acclaim during her lifetime as a composer, pianist, and teacher She was the first black soloist to perform with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in 1933, an event that has been chronicled as one of the historic moments of black pride in American history

Margaret Foxworth Biography, Photos, Pictures

Margaret Foxworth was born and raised in Cleveland, Ohio Her father, the late Johnnie Foxworth, own and operated Johnnie’s South of the Border Lounge on Scovil Avenue The King Kennedy Projects on the East, and the Outwaithe Homes Public Housing Projects on the West sandwiches the one block street known as the infamous “short” Scovil

Margaret Johnson Biography, Photos, Pictures

Although lumped together with many female classic blues singers from the ’20s, Margaret Johnson’s career was a bit more diverse, including her recording output She was one of the few female vocalists of her era that made records with a strong country blues influence, particularly the collaborations involving the harmonica-and-guitar team of Bobby Leecan and Robert Cooksey

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