But has anyone heard of a blues performer dying in a car accident .

Lay also shot many home movies of fellow blues performers in small Chicago venues of the late 1950s and 1960s.

Up to this time, Hawkins had been a blues performer; emotional, but not wild.

In the 1930s he played with various blues performers across the Mississippi delta region.

They came up with nicknames for each other because it seemed all of the old country and blues performers had them.

He has developed a presence as a blues performer and entertainer in the Midwest.

He may have been the earliest-born blues performer to record.

Held in the the Sidetrack, a club that has since closed, these gatherings created a base for young musicians to become accomplished blues performers.

Virtually every blues performer is shaped and nurtured as an artist by the juke joint experience.

The six-day event will feature concerts by top gospel and blues performers.