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Career

Jimmy Rogers was born James A. Lane in Ruleville, Mississippi, and was raised in Memphis. Ruleville is a small city in the fertile Mississippi Delta region in Sunflower County, Mississippi, United States. Mississippi ( is a state located in the Deep South of the United States Memphis is a City in the southwest corner of Tennessee, and the County seat of Shelby County. He adapted the professional surname "Rogers" from his stepfather's last name. Rogers learned the harmonica alongside his childhood friend Snooky Pryor, and as a teenager took up the guitar and played professionally in East St. Louis, Illinois (where he played with Robert Lockwood, Jr., among others), before moving to Chicago in the mid 1940s. Snooky Pryor ( September 15 1921 – October 18 2006) was an American Blues harp player The guitar is a Musical instrument with ancient roots that is used in a wide variety of musical styles East St Louis is a city located in St Clair County Illinois, USA directly across the Mississippi River from St The State of Illinois ( roughly ill-i-NOY is a state of the United States of America, the 21st to be admitted to the Union. Robert Lockwood Jr, also known as Robert Junior Lockwood, ( March 27 1915 – November 21 2006) was an American Blues Chicago (ʃɪˈkɑːgoʊ is the largest City by population in the state of Illinois and the American Midwest of the United States. The 1940s decade ran from 1940 to 1949 Events and trends The 1940s was a period between the radical 1930s and the conservative 1950s which also leads the period to be By 1946 he had recorded his first record as a harmonica player and singer for the local Harlem record label (not to be confused with the New York based label of the same name), although his name was not included on the label — the record was issued under the names "Memphis Slim and his Houserockers". A gramophone In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music The City of New York John "Memphis Slim" Chatman (born September 3, 1915, Memphis, Tennessee; died February 24, 1988, in

Rogers joined Muddy Waters the next year, with whom he helped shape the sound of the nascent Chicago Blues style. For the album by Redman, see Muddy Waters (album. For the college football coach see Muddy Waters (football coach. The Chicago blues is a form of Blues music that developed in Chicago Illinois by taking the basic acoustic guitar and Harmonica -based Delta blues Although he had several successful releases of his own on Chess Records beginning in 1950 with "That's Alright", he stayed with Waters' until leaving his band for a solo career in 1954. Chess Records was an American Record label based in Chicago Illinois. A musical ensemble is a group of two or more Musicians who perform instrumental or vocal Music. In Music, a solo (from the Italian solo, meaning alone) is a piece or a section of a piece played or sung by a single performer In the mid 1950s he enjoyed several successful record releases on the Chess label, most notably "Walking By Myself", but as the 1950s drew to a close and interest in the blues waned, he gradually withdrew from the music industry. The music industry is the business of Music. Although it encompasses the activity of many music-related businesses and organizations it is currently dominated by the "big In the early 1960s he worked as a member of Howling Wolf's band, before finally withdrawing from the music business altogether for almost a decade. Chester Burnett redirects here For the American football player see Chester Burnett (American football Chester Arthur Burnett ( June 10, 1910 He worked as a cab driver and owned a clothing store, until his store was burned in the Chicago riots that followed the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in 1968. A taxicab, also taxi or cab, is a type of Public transport for a single passenger or small group of passengers typically for a non-shared ride Martin Luther King Jr ( January 15, 1929 April 4, 1968) was an American clergyman, Activist and prominent leader He gradually began performing in public again, and in 1971 when fashions made him a reasonable draw in Europe, Rogers began occasionally touring and recording again, including a 1977 reunion session with his old bandleader Waters. By 1982, Rogers was again a full-time solo artist.

In 1995 Rogers was inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame. The Blues Hall of Fame is a listing of people who have significantly contributed to Blues music

He continued touring and recording albums until his death in 1997, in Chicago. Chicago (ʃɪˈkɑːgoʊ is the largest City by population in the state of Illinois and the American Midwest of the United States. He was survived by his son, James D. Lane, who is also a guitarist and a record producer and recording engineer for Blue Heaven Studios and the APO Records label. Jimmy D Lane (born 4 July 1965) is a blues guitarist Biography Lane was born on 4 July 1965 in Chicago In the Music industry, a record producer or music producer has many roles among them controlling the recording sessions coaching and guiding the musicians organizing Audio engineering is a part of audio science dealing with the recording and reproduction of Sound through mechanical and electronic means

Discography

• Jimmy Rogers (1984) - (Compilation album of some pre-1960 songs)
• Ludella (1990)
• Jimmy Rogers with Ronnie Earl and the Broadcasters (1994) - Live
• Sloppy Drunk (1998) - (Compact disc re-issue of original album released in December 1973). Jimmy Rogers is a double Compilation album of the Blues Guitarist Jimmy Rogers. A compilation album is an Album ( Music or Spoken-word) featuring tracks from one or multiple Recording artists, often culled from a variety of A Compact Disc (also known as a CD) is an Optical disc used to store digital data, originally developed for storing digital audio
• Blues Blues Blues (1999)

See also

• List of blues musicians
• List of Chicago blues musicians
• Chicago Blues Festival
• Long Beach Blues Festival
• San Francisco Blues Festival
• List of people from Mississippi
• South Side (Chicago)

External links

• Jimmy Rogers biography at the All Music Guide website