W.C. Handy Laid The Foundation For Modern Music
The man known as the Father of the Blues, W.C. Handy, was born on this day in 1873, and it's not exaggerating to say rock and popular music wouldn't have played out the same way without him.
Bess and Taxes
Tax Day gives a lot of us the blues - which, as it turns out, actually kind of works. April 15 is the birthday of the Empress of the Blues, Bessie Smith.