In making a revision to the graphics on the front of the ABS t-shirt a few years back, the thought was – since we were the only Blues Society in Georgia – to research how many Blues players were born in Georgia and no longer with us.
Unfortunately it seemed the internet turned up only those who had made a name for themselves. We asked Danny”Mudcat” Dudeck for some help and he recommended Red River Blues by Bruce Bastin (The Blues Tradition in the Southeast), which is where many of these names and birth places came from.
Sadly, as you can see there were quite a few players for whom no one remembered their birth places. On a side note, the name Roy Dunn came up frequently as being quite knowledgeable, in Bastin’s research, with regard to names and locations of players. Eric King once told me that giving Roy Dunn a place to play in Atlanta was the reason he decided to open Blind Willies.
– George Klein
Abner Wingate Jay • Fitzgerald
Andrew Baxter • Calhoun
Baby Tate • Elberton
Barbeque Bob Hicks • Walnut Grove
Bessie Jones • Dawson
Blind Simmie Dooley • Hartwell
Blind Willie McTell • Thompson
Bumble Bee Slim • Brunswick
Charlie Hicks • Walnut Grove
Charley Lincoln Hicks • Lithonia
Eddie Mapp • Social Circle
Eugene “Buddy” Moss • Jewel
Frank Edwards • Washington
Georgia Tom Dorsey • Villa Rica
Ida Cox • Toccoa
James “Kokomo” Arnold • Lovejoy Sta.
Jesse Fuller • Jonesboro
Jim Baxter • Calhoun
Joe Carter • Midland
“Peg Leg” Howell • Eatonton
Gertrude “Ma” Rainey • Columbus
Neal Pattman • Madison County
Otis Redding • Dawson
Precious Bryant • Talbot County
Ray Charles • Albany
Robert “Chick” Willis • Cabiness
“Sonny Terry” Terrell • Greensboro
Tampa Red Whittaker • Smithville
“Piano Red” Perryman • Hampton
Dolphus Gus Gibson • Fort Valley
Edward Slappy • Fort Valley
Lester Jolly • Fort Valley
Jackson Hudson • Fort Valley
Lewis Clayton • Fort Valley
Charlie Smith • Fort Valley
Walter Baldwin • Fort Valley
Ulysses Knight • Fort Valley
George Lumpkin • Fort Valley
Fred Lindsey • Fort Valley
Grace Lindsey • Fort Valley 40
Ausby Alexander • Fort Valley
Buster Ezell • Fort Valley
John Amica • Fort Valley
Jesie Stroller • Fort Valley
David E Lockert • Fort Valley
Blind Billy Smith (CW) • Fort Valley
Emanuel Green • Fort Valley
Grady Mathis • Fort Valley
Sarah Jessie • Fort Valley
Lucille Hegamin • Macon
Willie Chasteen • Macon
Ernest Poole • Macon
Wesley Jackson • Macon
Noamon Grubbs • Macon
Bossey McDonal • Macon
Eddie Tigner • Macon
James McCrary • Macon
Joe Holmes • Macon
Blind Cliff • Macon
McKinley James • Macon
Sidney Stripling • Kathleen
John Lee Ziegler • S of Macon
Charlie Russell Cochran • SE of Macon
Mary Perry • Americus
Pearly Brown • Americus
Jimmy Jordan • Americus
Cliff Scott Draneville • Americus
Tommy Lee Russell • Dooly Co.
Harvey Oglesby • Marshallville
Leroy Ellis • Marshallville
William C Smith • Riverside
David Hillman • Riverside
John H. Graces • Powersville
Emmitt Matt • Andersonville
Mose Hipp • Perry
Major Vance • Perry
Isiah King • Perry
Anderson Mathis • Perry
Willie J Burden • Perry
Johnnie Lee Thomas • Griffin
Robet Lee Westmorland • Griffin
Tobe Jackson • Hawkinsville
Chovie Hill • Byron
Dise Williams • Byron
Charlie Jenkins • Byron
Will Chastain • Byron
Sneeze • Montezuma
James Snead • Montezuma
Alvin Sanders •Montezuma
J F Duffy • Montezuma/Henderson
Sammy Phillips • Villa Rica
Billie Wright • Atlanta
“Big Maceo” Merriweather • Atlanta
Tommy Brown • Atlanta
Trixie Smith • Atlanta
Beverly Watkins • Atlanta
Stan Watkins • Atlanta
Buddy Keith • Atlanta
Charlie Rambo • Atlanta
Willie Sapp • Atlanta
Ruth Willis • Atlanta area
Harry Johnson • Atlanta area
Bo’ Weevil • Atlanta area
Freeman Walker • Atlanta area
Ollie Griffin • Atlanta area
Ernest Scott • Atlanta area
Luther Johnson • Hogansville
Nathaniel Ford • Monticello
Joe Buck • Monticello
Bo Harris • Monticello
Artis Ford • Monticello
Elbert Freeman • Monticello
Moses McNeil • Monticello
Virgil Harris Zenith • Macon / Perry
James Hopkins • Donaldsville
Julius Gipson • Milledgeville
Arthur Glover • Milledgeville
Eddie Bryant • Milledgeville
Big Joe Sammy • Dublin
Buster Brown • Cordele
Clarence Price • Cordele
Willie Price • Cordele
James Merritt • Thomaston
V L Holmes • Thomaston
Bud White • Thomaston
Bud Grant • Thomaston
Embry Raines • Thomaston
Richard Grayson • Savannah
Blind Log
Lord Randolph Byrd • Savannah
Bubba Johnson • Savannah
Stokes • Savannah
Dink Williams • Savannah
Blind Ivory Moore • Savannah
Sweet Little • Eatonton
Roy Dunn • Eatonton
J D Smith • Oglethorpe
Willie Towns • Oglethorpe
Rufus Quillian • Gainesville
Ben Quillian • Gainesville
Gid Tanner • Monroe
O. T. Good Hope • Walton Co.
Golden Bailey • Geneva
Jim Bunkley • Geneva
Emmit Jones • Geneva
George Henry Bussey • Waverly Hall
Buddy Hubbard • Lagrange
William Robertson Bronwood • Plains
J C Rush Manchester • Talbot Co.
George Denson • Manchester
Willene Terry • Manchester
Green Paschal • Talbot Co.
Jessie Clarence Garman • Talbot Co.
Jimmy Lee Williams • Poulan
Emmett Murray • Moultrie
Andrew Jones • Bainbridge
Curley James Weaver • Covington
Cora Mae Bryant • Newton Co.
Willie Rockmore • Newton Co.
Edward Knowle • Morgan Co.
William Henry Jolly • Morgan Co.
Dick Martin • Morgan Co.
Willie Lee McGuire • Morgan Co.
Little David Wylie • Washington
Johnny Price • Cuthbert
Herman Jordan • Newton Co.
Johnnie Guthrie • Walton Co.
Robert Fulton • Warrenton
Kate Mc Tell aka
Ruthy Kate Williams • Jefferson Co.
Willie Lee McGuire • Morgan Co.
Jesse Fuller • Jonesboro
Melvin Moore • McDonough
Clint Walker • Covington
Buddy Rowe • Covington
Eddie Lee Johnson • Augusta
James Davis
Dixon Hunt
George Hollis
Alfred Johnson
Howard Smith
Slim Barton
Little Mae
Billy Anderson
Troy Ferguson
Marshall Owens
Charlie Seats
Charlie Howard
Charlie Brown
Henry Lee Castle
Brother Jackson
Sam Moore
Horace Davis
Phillip Stevens
George Smith
Samuel Jackson
Allison Mathis
Charles Ellis
Georgia Slim aka Geo Bedford
Henry Williams
Eddie Anthony
Jim Hill 190
Ollie Griffin
Big Cliff Lee
Jonas Brown
Hollis Brown
Fred McMullen
