Roy Byrd & His Blues Jumpers's lyrics & chords

Professor Longhair (December 19, 1918 - January 30, 1980) (born Henry Roeland Byrd, also known as Roy "Bald Head" Byrd and as Fess) was a New Orleans, Louisiana blues singer and pianist. Professor Longhair is noteworthy for having been active in two distinct periods, both in the heyday of early rhythm and blues, and in the resurgence of interest in traditional jazz after the founding of the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival. The journalist Tony Russell, in his book The Blues - From Robert Johnson to Robert Cray, stated "The vivacious rhumb...read more