Browsing: Screamin Jay Hawkins

Regardless of how one celebrates Halloween, most can agree that there’s always a hint of darkness in the air at this time of year.

Listening to ‘Are YOU One of Jay’s Kids?’ only serves to confirm the spell that Hawkins could cast over his audience.

He dressed in wild capes, crawled out of a smoke filled coffin, wore a bone through his nose. But the man called Screamin’ Jay Hawkins never wanted to scream. See, he loved big band music…

Kokomo Arnold’s birth, Find out something new about the celebrated Chicago blues genius Magic Sam, and much more!

the story of an opera singer-turned-bluesman who donned wild voodoo-inspired stage garb, became a major influence in shock rock and rap, and raised from coffins as part of his set is something out of the ordinary!