Frogtoon Music

You'd Better Be Sure by Joe Beard

Artist Biography For Joe Beard

Joe Beard January 4 1938 Ashland Mississippi Is An American Blues And Rhythm & Blues Musician. He Was Surrounded By Aspiring And Veteran Blues Musicians. Matt "Guitar" Murphy And His Brother Floyd Murphy Were Beard's Childhood Buddies And The Ones Who Initially Got Him Started On Guitar.
Beard Moved To Rochester New York In The Mid-1950s And From Time To Time Would Visit One Of His Brothers In Chicago. He Became Enamored With The Blues Being Played There And Eventually Sat In Both With John Lee Hooker And Muddy Waters. In Rochester He Formed The Soul Brothers Six Playing Bass And Singing. He Wouldn't Perform In Public On Guitar Until 1965. For Most Of The '60s On Through The '80s Beard Worked As An Electrician By Day And Would Occasionally Play Out At Night And On Weekends. He Long Ago Gained A Reputation As One Of The Best Local Players Around Rochester And Has Sporadically Been Counted As One Of The Best Nationally. In The '90s Beard Began Recording With The Audioquest Label And Those Two Releases Have Won Major Acclaim Within The Blues And Audiophile Communities.

49 Similar Tracks:

HOME JOE BEARD
POPULAR TRACKS MIXES ALBUMS
Video 1 : 50