Blues Calendar Blues: Lester Davenport

The blues calendar, as I probably noted way back in January, is based around pictures taken by famed photographer James Fraher. There’s no mention in the calendar as to how these particular musicians were chosen or where the text comes from. Each new month seems to bring an artist with whom I was previously unfamiliar.<br/><br/> I don’t know the intent of the publishers, whether it was to introduce the audience to these musicians, or if this was the area where Fraher plied his trade. My point here – and I do have one – is that each month the musicians seem to get more obscure. Take this month’s featured artist, Lester “Mad Dog” Davenport.<br/><br/> While he released two albums during .... 9:31 a.m. Monday 3rd November 2008 EST