Biography: William Young, Williams & Watson, Willie "Big Eyes" Smith, Willie "Long Time" Smith, Willie "Smokey" Hogg, Willie & Allen, Willie & the Mighty Magnificents, Willie Baker, Willie Banks, Willie Brown,

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William Young Biography, Photos, Pictures

An excellent violist and da gamba player, little is known of Young’s early life but he was a continental musician who served in the court of Ferdinand Karl, the then Governor of the Netherlands

Williams & Watson Biography, Photos, Pictures

Williams (famous for his Little Richard-esque late-’50s hits) and guitarist Watson (who had some R&B hits) were young, well-traveled veterans of rock and R&B when they teamed up in the mid-’60s, with memorable results

Willie "Big Eyes" Smith Biography, Photos, Pictures

The longtime drummer with the Muddy Waters Band, bluesman Willie “Big Eyes” Smith was born in Helena, AK, on January 19, 1936; raised by his sharecropper grandparents, as a child his neighbors included the likes of Robert Nighthawk and Pinetop Perkins

Willie "Long Time" Smith Biography, Photos, Pictures

Active in the vital recording years following the second World War, this pianist and vocalist is one of a small team of blues and jazz performers named Willie Smith Nicknames apparently did a great deal of good in making sure the right one would show up for a job

Willie "Smokey" Hogg Biography, Photos, Pictures

Andrew “Smokey” Hogg was the REAL “Smokey” Hogg Willie Hogg was an imposter who was based in NYC and recorded mostly after 1960, taking the name of “Smokey” after Andrew had died

Willie & Allen Biography, Photos, Pictures

Willie & Allen had one single for the Sansu label in 1966 Both sides, “Baby Do Little” and “I Don’t Need No One,” were written by Allen Toussaint and both are New Orleans soul with duo male vocals, somewhat in the mold of Lee Dorsey songs like “Get Out of My Life Woman

Willie & the Mighty Magnificents Biography, Photos, Pictures

Willie & the Mighty Magnificents were a New Jersey-based funk ensemble led by guitarist/vocalist Willie Feaster, who recorded for Joe and Sylvia Robinson’s All Platinum label family

Willie Baker Biography, Photos, Pictures

Very little is definitively known about the life of Georgia blues guitarist Willie Baker He was supposedly from the Patterson (Pierce County) area of southeastern Georgia, and his open-tuned, banjo-like guitar style allies him with the Hicks Brothers, Charley and Bob, although how well they knew each other is unknown

Willie Banks Biography, Photos, Pictures

Gospel legend Willie Banks was born in Raymond, MS, where he started singing at age five; a alumnus of acts ranging from the Jackson Southernaires to the Flying Clouds to the Trumpets of Joy, he formed his own group, the Southernaires, in 1968

Willie Brown Biography, Photos, Pictures

One of the most influential of the early Delta blues guitarists, Willie Brown was arguably the quintessential accompanist of his era, most notably backing legends including Charley Patton and Son House