last updated 04-21-2007
Alabama Jazz & Blues Federation
Alabama Music Hall of Fame
George's Favorite Music - from LaunchCast
Information (allmusic.com)
International Rockabilly Hall of Fame
Amazon (pop, oldies, everything)
Barnes & Noble (pop, oldies, everything)
Collectors Choice (oldies - includes Bear Family)
Rhino (oldies extraordinaire)
Ripete (Carolina Beach Music)
Roadhouse Blues
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She sang with Eddie Wohlford, Jimbo Jones, Tommy Shaw, et al, at Kegler's Kove in Montgomery, in the early 1970's.
John Bull
John was the Captain of the Betsy Ann Riverboat.That's long gone now. John plays a pretty mean blues harmonica. Catch John and his band at the Eastside Grill. Robert Orr is the guitar player, and he is fabulous! (04-21-07)
Clarence Carter Clarence & Calvin
Nat "King" Cole
Commodores
Bobby Moore & The Rhythm Aces allmusic.com amazon.com
Bobby started jamming in Montgomery in 1961. He jammed for many years. He passed away in 2006. He was jamming to the end.
Mr. Whoopee
Classic rock and good times. Good guys.
Lionel Richie
Ed Sanford allmusic.com Sanford-Townsend Band
Robert E. Lee High School - Class of 1965. Keyboards with the Rocking Gibraltars. Attended Auburn University, until the band signed with Reprise Records, and went to California, with a new name: "Heart," which had no connection to the later, Wilson sisters' band. The RG's also took with them to California a new singer, Johnny Townsend, fomerly with The Rubber Band and The Magnificent Seven, from Tuscaloosa.
Tommy Shaw allmusic.com Styx DamnYankees
one of Eddie Wohlford's stories about Tommy, from Eddie's web site
Toni Tennile allmusic.com Captain & Tennille
Sidney Lanier High School - Class of 1958. Her father, Frank Tennille (pronounced ten-ul), played with Bob Crosby. He owned Tennille's Furniture Store on Commerce Street in Montgomery.. Her mother was Cathryn Wright, host of "The Guest Room" on WSFA-TV in the 1950's. Toni played piano and sang on her mother's TV show. Toni was a vocalist with the Auburn Knights at Auburn University.
"Big Mama" Willie Mae Thornton allmusic.com
A Montgomery native who found fame in California. According to one man who knew her in Montgomery, she could "fight and cuss like a man."
Israel Tolbert (Popper Stopper) allmusic.com
Israel had an R&B hit in 1970 with "Big Leg Woman (in a short, short, mini-skirt)". The tune stayed on the R&B charts for 11 weeks, peaking at #13. Israel died April 18, 2007.
Suns of March band's web site
Curley Williams
Hank Williams allmusic.com Georgiana Museum Montgomery Museum (there was a link)
Please, never refer to this man as "Sr." There was only one Hank Williams. His descendants have slightly different names and different music. Anyone who confuses Hank with his descendants is ignorant about Hank, and such ignorance does not need to be a burden on people who care about Hank.
Jett Williams
Eddie Wohlford eddiewohlford.com - his web site
This is amazing stuff from Eddie. A continuing web log about his life, his friends, and his music. Pictures, tunes, and lots of neat stuff about Eddie, Tommy Shaw, Beth Nielsen, Jimbo Jones, and numerous other Montgomery musicians.
Steve Young allmusic.com
Steve performed at the "Hungry I" at the corner of Fairview and Cleveland in Montgomery around 1961. He wrote "Seven Bridges Road" about Woodley Road in Montgomery (before Woodley Road was paved).