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Eugene McDaniels (February 12, 1935 – July 29, 2011) — vocalist, lyricist, fearless social commentator, and composer of massive hits such as “Compared to What” and “Feel Like Makin' Love”—is back. Sample-hungry DJs have been snapping up 30+ year-old vinyl copies of his Joel Dorn-produced, futuristic folk/funk/gospel/jazz fusion LPs (Outlaw and Headless Heroes of the Apocalypse) for quite some time now. Besides offering sweet soul, unusual arrangements, and seriously funky beats, McDaniels' raw nerve approach to socio-political matters on tunes such as “Love Letter To America,” “Supermarket Blues,” “Headless Heroes of the Apocalypse” and “Freedom Death Dance” made him a...

Mel McDaniel (born September 6, 1942 in Checotah, Oklahoma; raised in Okmulgee, Oklahoma, died March 31, 2011 in Tennessee) is an American country music singer. His hitmaking years were the 1980s; his hits include "Louisiana Saturday Night," "Stand Up," "Anger and Tears," "Baby's Got Her Blue Jeans On," "I Call It Love" and a remake of Chuck Berry's "Let It Roll (Let It Rock)." McDaniel was a member of the Grand Ole Opry and made frequent appearances on the show. .

Born 3 February 1927, Ellisville, Mississippi Died 27 June 1992, Mobile, Alabama Luke McDaniel, like many a good singer was born in the good ole southern state of Mississippi, in Ellisville on February 3, 1927. He started in music as a mandolin player, and was influenced by hillbilly singers like The Bailes Brothers. He formed his own band and turned professional in 1945. He opened for Hank Williams in New Orleans in the late 40's and appears to have become hooked on the lonesome sound of Hank. In 1952 he recorded "Whoa Boy" for Trumpet Records in Jackson, Mississippi as...

Floyd McDaniel (July 21, 1915 - July 22, 1995) was an African-American blues singer and guitarist. Born in Athens, Alabama, he spent much of his life in Chicago, where he moved in 1930 when he was 15. As a teen-ager, McDaniel played and sang the blues on the streets of Chicago, and in 1933, he joined a washboard band called the Rhythm Rascals. In the early 1940s, McDaniel learned to play the electric guitar and joined the Four Blazes, a jump blues combo that later became the Five Blazes and recorded for Aristocrat in 1947 and United Artists in 1952-53....