Re: [Harp-L] Richard Newell/King Biscuit Boy

["John Kerkhoven" <solo_danswer@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

A couple of "quick fact" links about King Biscuit Boy

http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=U1ARTU00018
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http://www.livinblues.com/bluesrooms/richardnewell.asp

Here's an obit:
http://www.coolname.com/pipermail/maplepost-mirror/2003-January/012577.html

John



> Many years ago I bought a fellows LP collection and one of the albums was
> King Bisquit Boy  with Crowbar. I believe it was called "Real Music". My
> infatuation with blues harp was fairly new but when Newell's harp came
> blasting out of those JVC's I was hooked big time. I listened to that
album
> for years and never tired of it. Finally wore the album out and never
heard
> another word about Newell for 25 yrs. and never ran across anyone who had
> ever heard of him. It would be interesting to know what he had been up too
> all those years.