Soul and blues musician Edward “Little Buster” Forehand was born in Hereford, North Carolina, but moved to Westbury at age 16. He developed glaucoma at age 3, and by the time his vision was completely gone he was fluent on six instruments, including the guitar. In 1959, Forehand began his professional career as a back-up […]
Read MoreBorn in Mobile, Alabama, in 1934, Sam “Bluzman” Taylor began singing gospel at age 3. During his service in the Air Force, he was stationed at the Westhampton Beach Air Force Base, only a short haul from the blues mecca of the East End, Flanders, and its infamous Blue Bird Inn. In its warm nest […]
Read MoreAl Kooper was born in Brooklyn and grew up in Hollis Hills, Queens. In 1958, he began his professional career as guitarist in The Royal Teens (“Short Shorts”). He evolved into a Tin Pan Alley songwriter with cuts by Gary Lewis, Gene Pitney, Keely Smith, Carmen MacRae, Pat Boone, and others. In the mid-1960s, Kooper […]
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