Rock Source Music Facts Day by Day


May 25 1907	Creole George Guesnon (aka Curly Guesnon) is born in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. A much-recorded banjo player, guitarist and singer, he will tour with F.S. Wolcott's Rabbit Foot Minstrels. (1907)
May 25 1921	The Original Dixieland Jazz Band records Satanic Blues, Royal Garden Blues and St. Louis Blues for Victor Records in New York City, USA. (1921)
May 25 1947	Roy Hogsed And The Rainbow Riders record one of the first versions of the western swing classic Cocaine Blues, at Universal Recorders in Hollywood, California, USA. [N.B. This song should not be confused with the blues song of the same name]. (1947)
May 25 1954	Howlin' Wolf records Baby How Long and Evil (Is Going On) in Chicago, Illinois, USA, with a band including Hubert Sumlin, Jody Williams, Otis Spann and Willie Dixon. (1954)
May 25 1956	The Ken Colyer Skiffle Group records Stack-O-Lee Blues, Muleskinner Blues, Old Riley and Down Bound Train for Decca Records in London, UK. (1956)
May 25 1959	Dave 'Baby' Cortez, Bo Diddley, The Heartbeats, The Fiestas, The Cadillacs and Bobby Day play the fourth night in a week of shows at The Howard Theater, Washington, DC, USA. (1959)
May 25 1959	Chuck Berry releases a classic double-sided single, Back In The USA/Memphis, Tennessee, USA, on Chess Records in the USA. (1959)
May 25 1961	Slim Harpo and Lightnin' Slim play at the High Hat Club, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. (1961)
May 25 1961	Blues guitarist Jimmy Rogers plays the last night of two weeks in the Camellia house Lounge at The Drake Hotel, Chicago, Illinois, USA. (1961)
May 25 1962	An early line-up of The Rolling Stones rehearses at The Bricklayer's Arms, London, UK, featuring Mick Jagger, Brian Jones, Keith Richards, Brian Knight and Ian Stewart. (1962)
May 25 1965	Sonny Boy Williamson II dies of a heart attack while in bed in Helena, Arkansas, USA. (1965)
May 25 1968	The Paul Butterfield Blues Band plays the second of three nights at The Grande Ballroom, Detroit, Michigan, USA, supported by The Psychedelic Stooges and The MC5. (1968)
May 25 1968	Big Brother And the Holding Company, including Janis Joplin, play the second of three nights at The Carousel Ballroom, San Francisco, California, USA. Also on the bill are H.P.Lovecraft and The Clara Ward Singers. (1968)
May 25 1969	Albert Collins plays the last of seven nights at The Whisky-A-Go-Go, Los Angeles, California, USA, supported by Charlie Musselwhite. (1969)
May 25 1974	Blues singer and guitarist David 'Honeyboy' Edwards records Hambone Blues for Trix Records in Chicago, Illinois, USA. (1974)
May 25 1981	R'n'b singer, songwriter and musician Roy Brown dies aged 55 of a heart attack, at Pacoima Lutheran Memorial Hospital in San Fernando, California, USA. (1981)
May 25 1982	The American Livin' Blues Festival takes place at La Masion de Arts, Creteil, Paris, France, Europe. Artists appearing include Jimmy Dawkins, Lester Davenport, Queen Sylvia Embry, Lafayette Leake and Smokey Smothers. (1982)
May 25 1999	Top-rated British blues band The Hoax announce that they are splitting up after the release of four internationally-acclaimed albums. (1999)
May 25 2010	Eric Clapton plays at Bercy Arena, Paris, France, Europe. (2010)
May 25 2013	Blues and jazz vocalist Kevin Mahogany plays at The Philharmonic Concert Hall, Odessa, Ukraine, Eastern Europe. (2013)
May 25 2013	Jimmie Vaughan plays at The Santa Cruz Blues Festival, Aptos, California, USA. (2013)