Josh White ~ Similar Artists

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Mississippi Sheiks - 100% match to Josh White

This musical combination flourished between 1930 and 1935, during which time they recorded more than 80 tracks for various "race" labels. The Sheiks was a string band made up of members and friends of the Chatmon family, and included Lonnie Chatmon aka Lonnie Chatman/Lonnie... Read more

Tampa Red - 99% match to Josh White

Hudson Woodbridge aka Whittaker, 8 January 1904, Smithville, Georgia, USA, d. 19 March 1981, Chicago, Illinois, USA. Tampa Red was raised in Tampa, Florida, by his grandmother Whittaker's family, hence his nickname. By the time of his 1928 recording debut for Vocalion Records,... Read more

Leroy Carr - 76% match to Josh White

27 March 1905, Nashville, Tennessee, USA, d. 29 April 1935, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA. A self-taught pianist, Carr grew up in Kentucky and Indiana but was on the road working with a travelling circus when still in his teens. In the early 20s he was playing piano, often as an... Read more

Buddy Moss - 60% match to Josh White

Eugene Moss, 26 January 1914, Hancock County, Georgia, USA, d. October 1984, Atlanta, Georgia, USA. It was as a harmonica player that Moss first appeared on record, in 1930, as one of the Georgia Cotton Pickers with Barbecue Bob and Curley Weaver. Although he apparently learned... Read more