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	Junior Wells - Music Downloads - Online
		Amazingly, Junior Wells kept at precisely this sort of thing for over 40 years -- he was an active performer from the dawn of the 1950s to his death in the late '90s.
		Born in Memphis, Wells learned his earliest harp licks from another future legend, Little Junior Parker, before he came to Chicago at age 12.
		Even when he came up short in the studio, Wells remained a potent live attraction, cutting a familiar swaggering figure, commanding the attention of everyone in the room with one menacing yelp or a punctuating blast from his amplified harmonica.
	musicstore.connect.com /artist/757/Junior-Wells/1001043.html (394 words)

	Junior Wells (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Wells was already a veteran at that point, having begun performing at age 14 with Tampa Red, Big Maceo and Johnnie Jones in Southside Chicago clubs.
		Wells worked in the Waters band well into the late 50's before going out on his own and developing his own sound.
		Junior Wells is truly one of the legends of Chicago blues.
	www.island.net /~blues/junior.html (430 words)

	Junior Wells (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Wells, who plays the Iron Horse this Friday, recently picked up on Tracy Chapman, another acclaimed singer who first made a name for herself singing on the streets -- in Cambridge, while she attended Tufts.
		Wells went on to record classic sides in the '50s for himself, with sidemen such as Earl Hooker, Lafayette Leake, and Willie Dixon.
		Junior Wells appears at the Iron Horse, in Northampton, at 7 and 10 p.m.
	www.worcesterphoenix.com /archive/music/97/07/04/JUNIOR_WELLS.html (816 words)

	Junior Wells - Blues Biographies - Artist of the Blues - Blues-Radio.com
		Junior's powerful harmonica playing and gritty vocal style, often in the company of Buddy Guy's guitar voodoo, left an indelible rock and soul imprint on Chicago bar band blues.
		Amazingly, Junior Wells kept at precisely this sort of thing for over 40 years — he was an active performer from the dawn of the 1950s to his death in the late '90s.
		Born in Memphis in 1932, Junior met Sonny Boy Williamson when he was eight and quickly established himself as a harmonica prodigy.
	www.bluescities.net /wells.html (308 words)

	Junior Wells
		Junior didn't want to sign an exclusive contract with little Delmark so he was free to do "Up In Here" which was his biggest RandB single and got him his three-year deal with Mercury.
		Junior jumped off the stand, landed with a pistol in his hand, and Chuck still wonders where the heck he had stashed the piece in his tight fitting suit.
		The gangster and Junior exited the club through a plate-glass window and the word was out that Junior better not come back to 43rd Street for his next gig.
	www.delmark.com /rhythm.junior.htm (1382 words)

	Junior Wells and Jimmy Dawkins (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Wells was only 19 during these '53/'54 sessions.
		Add the excitement and personality he brought to his first turn as a leader and what's captured is the sound of an open vein pumped by a kick-drum heart.
		"Junior's Wail" may not be "Juke," the instrumental hit that propelled Little Walter from Waters' band, but it's a virtuoso display that matches the maturity of Wells's singing.
	www.bostonphoenix.com /archive/music/98/08/06/DELMARK_RELEASE.html (710 words)

	WWOZ Remembers Junior Wells 1934-1938 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		One anecdote has a 12 year-old Wells stealing a $2 harp from a pawn shop, and when he was caught and appeared in court, the judge listened to him play and payed the fine himself.
		Wells played with Muddy until he was enlisted in the Army in 1953, then returned to the band after he went AWOL in 1955.
		Although Wells would become a prolific studio artist over the years (including a recent string of material released by the Telarc label), most blues lovers agree that his best stuff came out of his sessions with the Chief Label from 1957 to 1963 which yielded "Messin' With the Kid," now a blues standard.
	www.wwoz.org /news/00666.html (392 words)

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		Wells, who died Thursday, was a sharp-dressing showman with a powerful harmonica style and strong singing voice.
		Wells' influence can be seen in bands such as the Rolling Stones, with whom he toured, as well as in harmonica players such as Kim Wilson of the Fabulous Thunderbirds and Magic Dick of the J. Geils Band.
		Wells was brought before judge and told him he ``just had to have it,'' whereupon the judge demanded Wells play the harmonica.
	www.mnblues.com /memorial/jw-obit.html (634 words)

	Blues On Stage - Junior Wells @ West Bank Blues Festival (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Junior's nine-member band opened the set and then introduced him as the "legendary Mississippi sax", and "Godfather of the blues." The sounds of Junior's harp and vocals could he heard as he made his way to the stage through the packed crowd.
		Junior has a liking for good guitar players (he spent over two decades playing with one of the best in Buddy Guy), and one of his newest band members is a young guitar sensation from Florida.
		Junior did his usual "That's Alright Mama," "Messin' With The Kid" and "Got My Mojo Working," as well as the Merle Haggard song, "Today I Started Loving You Again," and transformed this country tune into the blues.
	www.mnblues.com /review/junior-wbbf.html (399 words)

	Wells, Junior -- Britannica Student Encyclopedia
		A self-taught harmonica genius, Junior Wells's music helped define the Chicago style of blues, influencing generations of young harp—that is, mouth harp, or harmonica—players with his searing style.
		Wells was a consummate showman who knew how to give his audience a good show, using soaring licks, down-home boogie, and gut-wrenching emotion to explore…
		Wells was a consummate showman who knew how to give his audience a good show, using soaring licks, down-home boogie, and gut-wrenching emotion...
	www.britannica.com /ebi/article-9314123?tocId=9314123 (953 words)

	Junior Wells, MP3 Music Download at eMusic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Amazingly, Junior Wells kept at precisely this sort of thing for over 40 years -- he was an active performer from the dawn of the 1950s to his death in the la...
		Amazingly, Junior Wells kept at precisely this sort of thing for over 40 years -- he was an active performer from the dawn of the 1950s to his death in the late '90s.
		Even when he came up short in the studio, Wells remained a potent live attraction, cutting a familiar swaggering figure, commanding the attention of everyone in the room with one menacing yelp or a punctuating blast from his amplified harmonica.
	www.emusic.com /artist/10556/10556479.html (480 words)

	Encyclopedia: Junior Wells
		Junior Wells (December 9, 1934 - January 15, 1998), real name Amos Blackmore, was a blues harmonica player based in Chicago who was famous for playing with Muddy Waters, Buddy Guy, Magic Sam, Lonnie Brooks, the Rolling Stones and Van Morrison.
		Magic Sam was born Sam Maghett (February 2, 1937) in Grenada, Mississippi (died December 12, 1969) and was a blues guitarist and singer.
		On his passing in 1998, Junior Wells was interred in the Oak Woods Cemetery, Chicago.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Junior-Wells (555 words)

	Junior Wells + Guest Slide Guitarists Come On In This House by Karl Lozier
		Junior Wells is one of the more famous traditional blues performers.
		Wells has since passed away before this version of that recording was released.
		I have read that Junior Wells has a "gravely voice" and that is often a negative implication.
	www.enjoythemusic.com /Magazine/music/0402/wells.htm (608 words)

	WhosWho Chicago: Junior Wells : CenterstageChicago.com - Chicago City Life in Chicago, Illinois
		Wells was admitted to the hospital for fainting spells and immediately lapsed into a coma and later died.
		Wells was laid out at a 71st Street funeral home dressed in a royal blue suit and wide-brimmed hat.
		He played with rock artists like Van Morrison and the Rolling Stones as well as rap artists like Arrested Development, and was one of the last greats of the generation who popularized the genre.
	centerstage.net /music/whoswho/JuniorWells.html (391 words)

	Junior Wells Record Review (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Junior Wells, though, is the real deal, as "Come On In This House" proves without a doubt.
		Wells, a 62-year-old Memphis native who grew up in the fertile blues clubs of Chicago, is a soulful harmonica player and gritty vocalist -- and if it's authenticity you're after, he's the man. After all, he played with Muddy Waters and Buddy Guy in the '50s, and he's never really stopped.
		Tab Benoit (one of my favorites), Sonny Landreth and Alvin Youngblood Hart are just three of the slide guitarists who accompany Wells and the acoustic rhythm section of Herman Ernst III (drums) and Bob Sunda, but no matter who's in the band, Wells makes these 14 blues favorites his own.
	www.rocknet.com /jan97/junior.html (183 words)

	Blues On Stage - Junior Wells
		Junior Wells first sat in with Muddy when he was 14, and was working steady with The Aces by age 16.
		Next June, Wells had his first session as leader, for the States label, he was 18.
		Wells sings with passion (and without the clicks and snorts that got so annoying later on in his career), and plays with a fierce but sweet-singing tone.
	www.fortunecity.com /tinpan/average/118/revs/cd-juniorwells.html (305 words)

	Telarc International: Junior Wells
		Junior Wells was an intense singer, blues harp genius and a consummate showman.
		From 1958, Junior Wells worked regularly at the Chicago blues venues Pepper’s Lounge and Theresa’s, often with partner Buddy Guy who accompanied him on his debut album, Hoodoo Man Blues, in 1966.
		Junior Wells passed away in January 1998, at the age of 63.
	telarc.com /biography/bios.asp?aid=113&mscssid=9B0PMDENJJRL8P84GNGQ9... (562 words)

	Junior Wells - Biography
		Junior Wells was born Amos Blakemore in Memphis.
		Wells made the RandB charts again in 1968 with "You’re Tuff Enough." Wells recorded very little of his own during the '70s though he worked with Buddy Guy.
		Wells performed until he was diagnosed with lymphatic cancer in 1997.
	bluesbot.bluescities.net /wellsbio.html (278 words)

	Junior Wells
		The band started while Junior was still standing at the bar, armed with a remote mike so he could join in without having to move just yet.
		Well past 1:00 AM, after the final set, with the place cleared out and not much Tanqueray left, the young harp players lingered, still passing harps.
		Junior spent the next couple of hours drinking and jiving, hanging, slapping backs.
	www.nubar.com /booksprints/wheremusic/JUNPAGE.HTM (321 words)

	Amazon.com: Come on in This House: Music: Junior Wells (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Junior Wells was one of the best blues harp players ever, and this work during his later years is simply amazing.
		Junior Wells, born Amos Blackmore in 1934 in Memphis Tennessee, teamed up with some of the best blues guitarist to record Come on In This House for Telarc.
		I was lucky enough to see Junior Wells in person a few years before his death and remember his dynamism, swaggering confidence and extraordinary understated way of delivering a song.
	www.amazon.com /Come-This-House-Junior-Wells/dp/B000003D5H (1293 words)

	Blues Biographies dedication to Junior Wells
		Junior Wells was born Amos Blakemore in Memphis, Tennessee on December 9, 1934.
		Junior had his first harmonica lesson from Junior Parker, his neighbor, and went on to teach himself how to play.
		Junior Wells was an intense singer, blues harp genius and a consummate showman.
	bluesbiographies.com /juniorwells.html (1033 words)

	Blind Pig Records
		Junior Wells was considered the direct musical descendant of modern blues harmonica legends John Lee "Sonny Boy" Williamson, "Sonny Boy" Williamson II (Rice Miller) and Little Walter Jacobs.
		Born Amos Blakemore in 1934, Junior was raised on a farm in rural West Memphis and Marion, Arkansas.
		A now famous incident was when Junior convinced his sister and her then-boyfriend, a Chicago policeman, to escort him to Sam's Ebony Lounge where the celebrated Muddy Waters band (with Little Walter Jacobs and Jimmy Rogers) were playing.
	www.blindpigrecords.com /index.cfm?section=artists&artistid=64 (547 words)

	Junior Wells, 1934-1998
		He was born Amos Wells Blakemore on Dec. 9, 1934, in West Memphis, Ark., where he lived until he followed his mother to Chicago in 1946.
		Wells began recording some of his own sides, including the original "Hoodoo Man Blues." During this period, he met longtime partner Buddy Guy at a Battle of the Blues event, which was won by Guy.
		Nevertheless, Junior Wells' place in blues history is secure as one of the greatest and most loved of Chicago blues artists, a consummate showman who left nothing behind when he took the stage.
	www.bluesmusicnow.com /wells.html (664 words)

	Amazon.com: Blues Hit Big Town: Music: Junior Wells (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Junior Wells' first LP came out more than ten years later, in 1965, but these tough early singles, taped when Junior was Muddy Waters' harmonica player, are at least as seminal.
		As well as playing with Muddy Waters, Junior Wells was the lead singer of the Aces for a while, a group which consisted of brothers Louis and Dave Myers on guitar and bass respectively, and drummer extraordinaire Fred Below.
		These early recordings are some of Junior Wells' finest and grittiest, and while his blistering harmonica playing was often more or less absent on his 60s and 70s waxings, it takes centre stage on these superb 50s singles.
	www.amazon.com /Blues-Hit-Town-Junior-Wells/dp/B000006PDM (931 words)

	Blues To Do's-Achived Feature Stories
		The terrific thing about Junior Wells is that he's an unqualified bluesman, stylistically a direct descendant of the Chicago greats and personally an eccentric whose unpredictable singing and harp playing distinguish him from everyone else alive.
		The judge who heard his case was so impressed with Wells' story that he just wanted to make music that he paid for the instrument himself and set Wells free on the condition that, if he ever made a record, he send one to him.
		EDITORS NOTE: Wells' next release will be recorded in April, with bass, drums and 5 or 6 of the finest slide players available.
	www.bluestodo.com /archives/1996/juniorwells.html (347 words)

	Junior Wells Dies
		A hip, gregarious musician, the Grammy-nominted Wells was remembered as a generous, sharp-dressing showman with a sense of humor.
		Wells soaked in the music and the Chicago scene in the late 1940s, playing his first professional gig at 14 and finding frequent work as a sideman.
		Wells told the judge he ``just had to have it,'' whereupon the judge demanded Wells play the harmonica.
	www.malzkorn.com /HarmonicaPlayer/junior_wells_dies.html (620 words)

	Junior Wells — Infoplease.com
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