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  1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Albert_AmmonsAlbert Ammons - Wikipedia

    Jul 24, 2024 · In the early to mid-1920s Ammons worked as a cab driver for the Silver Taxicab Company. In 1924 he met up with his boyhood friend Meade Lux Lewis, who was also then a taxi driver. Soon the two players began working as a team, performing at club parties.

  2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Pinetop_SmithPinetop Smith - Wikipedia

    Jul 24, 2024 · For a time he, Albert Ammons, and Meade Lux Lewis lived in the same rooming house. On December 29, 1928, he recorded his influential "Pine Top's Boogie Woogie", one of the first "boogie woogie" style recordings to make a hit, and which cemented the name for the style.

  3. www.washingtonpost.com › obituaries › 2024/07/23John Mayall, British blues pioneer, dies at 90

    Jul 24, 2024 · He took up the guitar, then at 14 began attending an art school in Manchester, where he taught himself to play boogie-woogie piano in the style of Albert Ammons and Meade Lux Lewis.

  4. audiokarma.org › forums › indexRIP, John Mayall | Audiokarma Home Audio Stereo Discussion Forums

    Jul 23, 2024 · He took up the guitar, then at 14 began attending an art school in Manchester, where he taught himself to play boogie-woogie piano in the style of Albert Ammons and Meade Lux Lewis. “When I started playing, it was strictly for my own satisfaction,” Mr. Mayall recalled in 1990.

  5. wfmu.org › playlists › showsWeekly World Blues with Matt Fiveash: Playlist from July 24, 2024...

    Jul 24, 2024 · ↳ Song: "Honky Tonk Train Blues" by "Meade "Lux" Lewis" Thanks for all the full-ins, Becky 7:07pm

  6. www.sandiegouniontribune.com › 2024/07/24 › appreciation-johnAppreciation: John Mayall, dead at 90, was pivotal in careers of...

    Jul 24, 2024 · His love of vibrant American music began when he was a young art student and heard records by American boogie-woogie piano giants Meade Lux Lewis, Pete Johnson and Albert Ammons.

  7. www.theepochtimes.com › entertainment › legendary-britishLegendary British Blues and Rock Musician John Mayall Dies at 90

    Jul 24, 2024 · John Mayall, a musical luminary whose pioneering work in the rhythm and blues genre garnered him the moniker “The Godfather of British Blues,” has died at the age of 90. According to a ...