Name Little Blue | Role Singer | |
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Died April 22, 1990, Reno, Nevada, United States Albums Greatest Hit's, Southern Country Boy, Chicago Blues Festival 86, Dirty work goin' on (Blues Reference) Similar People Eddie "Guitar" Burns, Lowell Fulson, Charles Brown, Little Johnny Taylor, Frank Frost | ||
Little Joe Blue, Eddie Burns - Chicago Blues Festival 1986
Little Joe Blue (September 23, 1934 — April 22, 1990) was an American blues singer and guitarist.
Contents
- Little Joe Blue Eddie Burns Chicago Blues Festival 1986
- Little joe blue who s the fool
- Career
- Studio albums
- Collaborative album
- Compilations
- References
Little joe blue who s the fool
Career
Born Joseph Valery, Jr. in Vicksburg, Mississippi, his musical style is often compared to B. B. King.
Living in Detroit, Michigan, he formed the band the Midnighters in the late 1950s. He moved to Los Angeles, California, where he cut some records for Kent and Checker Records in the 1960s. His 1966 song "Dirty Work Going On"(R&B #40) was covered by Magic Sam & Shakey Jake, and Willie Kent & His Gents . He recorded for various labels throughout the 1980s. He played at the San Francisco Blues Festival in 1974, travelled to Europe in 1982, and appeared at the Chicago Blues Festival in 1986.
Little Joe Blue's Greatest Hits, a two-album set available on CD, includes (among others) the tracks "Dirty Work Going On", "Encourage Me Baby", "Don't Start Me To Talking" and Little Milton's "How Could You Do It to Me".
He died in Reno, Nevada in 1990 at the age of 55 from stomach cancer. He had two children: one son, Joseph Devon Valery (born February 26, 1959), and one daughter, Angela Maria Valery (born July 5, 1960).
Studio albums
