John Hammond, the Grammy‑winning blues singer and guitarist whose prolific career honored the Delta blues across six decades, died on Saturday at age 83. His death was confirmed by musician and ...

News of his death was confirmed by Toronto blues musician Paul Smith in a Facebook post on Sunday, March 1 "The blues world has lost a giant," Smith wrote in the post Legendary blues guitarist and ...

Beloved blues musician John Hammond has died at the age of 83. Over the course of his career, Hammond made a lasting impact on the genre of blues music and worked with some of the greats. Clash noted ...

John P. Hammond’s father, John H. Hammond, was an important record producer and talent scout who had a great impact on the way music was discovered, delivered and even made. The younger Hammond ...

Attacking his guitar strings, stamping one foot on the floor, recollecting nightclubs, cars and heroes, John Hammond mixed personal and blues history for a packed house at the Old Town School of Folk ...

IT’S NO BIG MYSTERY HOW A WELL off white kid like John Hammond got into singing the blues. His father, also John Hammond, was one of the more influential record executives ever, a man noted for ...

John Paul Hammond died at 83 of a heart attack on February 28, ending a career of more than 60 years as a devotee and performer of blues music. He recorded more than 30 albums in his lifetime, yet ...