Albert White 5:14:23 3.40 PM

Intro song by: Gail NoblesMusic by: Gail NoblesPhoto credit: Werner100359 - Own workUsage: Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0Hi! I'm Gail Nobles. Welcome to Podcast and Blues. Today’s topic is Albert White. A blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter. He has released two albums in his own name, although his musical career started in the late 1950s, when he played in Piano Red's then ensemble, later known as Dr. Feelgood & the Interns.Albert White was born in Atlanta, Georgia. His was a musical family, having Piano Red as an uncle. He began learning to play the guitar from an early age with Piano Red noting that, by the age of nine, White was playing self-made chords on a ukulele. Red then sent White to learn further from his own guitarist, Wesley Jackson. White progressed to the stage that he joined Piano Red's band as guitarist in the late 1950s, becoming bandleader of Dr. Feelgood & the Interns in early 1962. Albert White also had his own ensemble named the Rockers. By 2000, White joined the Music Maker family, benefiting from financial assistance, new equipment and help in recording his 2007 album, Soul of the Blues. He has songs such as, Hold on to Your Hiney, A Rose for My Lady, Bring it on Home to Me, Soul of a Man, Stranded in St. Louis, and more. So check out Albert White’s album, Soul of the Blues. He’s an Atlanta blues artists and local legend.Blues Music