Jerry McCain
Jerry " Boogie" McCain ( born June 18, 1930 in Gadsden, Alabama, † March 28, 2012 ) was an American blues musician on harmonica.
Life
Jerry McCain was born in 1930 as the youngest of five children in Gadsden, Alabama and began with five years playing the harmonica. In 1953, he heard his idol Little Walter, when he and his Aces occurred in Gadsden. According to various versions of the story Little Walter has made him with producer Lillian McMurray of Diamond Records known or inspired him to his first song for Diamond Records. His first single he took in 1953 for Trumpet Records on. Until the 1970s he regularly drives on, but left him the big break failed. The recording for Rex Records, She's Tough / Steady, was later covered by The Fabulous Thunderbirds, Kim Wilson with her Harpplayer McCain's Harp nachempfand.
After years he spent with lesser-known bands, he signed a recording contract with Ichiban Records. In 2000, McCain published an All-Star album on which he played with Johnnie Johnson, John Primer, Anson Funderburgh, Jimmie Vaughan, Tommy Shannon and Chris Layton ( Double Trouble ). The work of McCain is also on the CD by Rhino Records Blues Masters Volume Four: Harmonica Classics appreciated, where he is represented next to Little Walter, Jimmy Reed, Junior Wells, Howlin 'Wolf, Snooky Pryor and George " Harmonica " Smith with a track.
His hometown pays tribute to her son by a separate day during the annual River Festival, a four-day music event.