- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Dr. Feelgood and the Interns
- Date of Original:
- 1960/1969
- Subject:
- Musicians--Georgia--Atlanta
African American musicians--Georgia--Atlanta
Women musicians--Georgia--Atlanta
African American women musicians--Georgia--Atlanta
Blues musicians--Georgia--Atlanta
Microphone
Pianists--Georgia--Atlanta
African American pianists--Georgia--Atlanta
Singers--Georgia--Atlanta
African American singers--Georgia--Atlanta
Women guitarists--Georgia--Atlanta
Guitarists--Georgia--Atlanta
Guitar--Georgia--Atlanta
Amplifiers (Electronics)--Georgia--Atlanta
Bass guitar--Georgia--Atlanta
Men--Georgia--Atlanta
African American men--Georgia--Atlanta
Women--Georgia--Atlanta
African American women--Georgia--Atlanta
Piano Red, 1911-1985
Watkins, Beverly "Guitar"
Smith, Curtis
Johnson, Roy Lee
Hobbs, Howard - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- black-and-white photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Willie Lee Perryman, a blues pianist, created the Dr. Feelgood persona for his WAOK radio show, and he performed under the name with his band, the Interns. From left, Perryman, Curtis Smith, Bobby Lee Tuggle, Roy Lee Johnson, Beverly Watkins, and Howard Hobbs.
Photograph of the band Dr. Feelgood and the Interns. Willie Lee Perryman, a blues pianist, created the Dr. Feelgood persona for his WAOK radio show, and he performed under the name with his band, the Interns. From left, Perryman, Curtis Smith, Bobby Lee Tuggle, Roy Lee Johnson, Beverly Watkins, and Howard Hobbs.
Perryman was a blues pianist who played in the barrelhouse style, which describe a loud percussive type of blues piano suitable for noisy bars or taverns. His professional music career began in the early 1930s and continued until the late 1960s. - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/willie-lee-perryman-1911-1985/m-7955/
- Rights Holder:
- Photograph from booklet "Piano Red, Dr. Feelgood," by Norbert Hess
- Original Collection:
- http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/willie-lee-perryman-1911-1985
Forms part of: New Georgia Encyclopedia - Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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