Wisconsin blues/gospel - part 2 [LONG]

[R. L. Eagle]

MILWAUKEE COUNTY
Franklin:
Glendale:
Greendale: location (2001) of Reverend Raven (Richard Raven) & The Chain
Smokin' Altar Boys featuring Madison Slim (Mark Koenig); NeverMore Records;
Greenfield:
Milwaukee: place of birth (1908) of record man John Steiner; (1943) of
Steve Miller;
Milwaukee: location (1960s) of Eddie Baker; Sonny Boy Williamson (Rice
Miller); Milwaukee Slim (Angelo Chambers - to Minnesota, died 1993);
location (1970s) of Bryan Lee Blues Band; Boobie's Place (club); Richard
Elliot; Eugene and the Soul Gang; Susan Julian; Jon Paris; Piano Willie
(Ozmany); Charles Robinson; Jim Schutte; Scott Sharrard; Tom Sharrard;
Larry Skoller; Matthew Skoller (to 1987); Snakebite; George Stancell;
John Steiner (record man); Stokes & The Raw Rockers (1982-85); Perry
Weber; White Cross;
Milwaukee: location (2001) of Milwaukee Blues Unlimited (contact Jim
Feeney); Wisconsin Blues Society (contact Tom Radai); The Up & Under Pub;
(June 2001) of Shermanfest;
Milwaukee: location (2001) of The Chris Aaron Band; Chris Beggan; The Bel
Airs; Big Bob (Getschow) & The Ballroom Blitz; Big Boys Blues Band; Paul
Black & The Flip Kings; Eric Blowtorch & His Superpowers; Bluehand; Blues
Harp Jimmy (Davis); The Boilerhouse Blues Band; Boney Fingers; The Booze
Brothers; Junior Brantley; Larry Burrus; Cadillac Pete (Rahn); The
Casper Blues Band; Steve Cohen; The Billy Conrad Band; Jeff Dagenhardt;
Deirdre Fellner (from Sturgeon Bay, Door County); 50 Mission Blues Band
(contact Wade Sweet); Billy Flynn (from Green Bay); Terry Frank & Bone
Deluxe; The Gangsters of Love; Lee Gates; Don Griffen; Willie Higgins;
Rick Holmes; The Indispensable Hiptones (contact Paul Nuccio); John The
Conqueroo; Susan Julian (c/ Karen Cohen); Greg Koch & The Tone Controls;
Jim Liban; Leroy Airmaster (band); Lil' Mel & The TKO Band; Lil' Rev
(Marc Revenson) & Pig Ankle Dave (Fox); Little Jimmy (James) and the
Blackbirds; Charley Love & The Silky Smooth Band (Lovemil Records); Chuck
Might & The Blues Casters; Milwaukee Slim (Silas McClatcher); Pete Monfre
& The Brewtown Playboys; Aaron Moore & The Crowd Pleasers; The
Notebenders; The Old Blues Boys (contact J. Grosz); The Pontiac Blues Band
(see Menomonee Falls); Serious Jones; Southbound; Stokes & The Old Blues
Boys; Sugarfoot; Hubert Sumlin; The Time Garage Gurus; Tom Utschig;
Andrew Webb Creed; Tom Wilson; Warren Ziech Blues Band; Zoot Suit Boogie
(contact Rick Holmes);
Milwaukee: location (2001) of Lamar Campbell & Spirit of Praise Ministries;
El Bethel Mass Choir (CoGiC); William Fowlkes; Gods Ensemble; New
Testament Choir; Willie Payne; Deborah Reynolds & Friends;
Milwaukee: location (2001) of Allen Chapel A.M.E. Church, 4260 N. Teutonia
Avenue; Bethel A.M.E. Church, 4103 N. 35th Street; Bradford Memorial
A.M.E. Church, 2478 N. 24th Street; Ellison Chapel A.M.E. Church, 2100 W.
Clarke Street; St. John A.M.E. Tabernacle Church, 1603 W. Clarke Street;
St. Mark A.M.E. Church, 1616 W. Atkinson Avenue; Thomas Robert Jr. A.M.E.
Church, 2976 N. 1st Street; Clement Memorial A.M.E. Zion Church, 1400 W.
Vliet Street;
Milwaukee: location (2001) of Antioch Missionary Baptist Church, 2033 W.
Congress Street; Beulah Missionary Baptist Church, 2501 W. Hopkins Street;
Calvary Temple Missionary Baptist Church, 622 W. North Avenue; Canaan
Missionary Baptist Church, 2964 N. 11th Street; Christ Kingdom Missionary
Baptist Church, 3926 W. Burleigh Street; Corinth Missionary Baptist Church,
1874 N. 24th Place; Ebenezer Missionary Baptist Church, 1830 W. Hadley
Street; Ephesians Missionary Baptist Church, 510 W. Meinecke Avenue;
Evergreen Missionary Baptist Church, 1138 W. Center Street; First Bible
Missionary Baptist Church, 2659 N. 22nd Street; Great Faith Progressive
Missionary Baptist Church, 4769 N. 38th Street; Greater Love Missionary
Baptist Church, 2401 N. 10th Street; Holly Grove Missionary Baptist Church,
3601 N. Port Washington Road; Holy Temple Missionary Baptist Church, 4245
N. 60th Street; Hopewell Baptist Church, 1811 W. Center Street; Hopewell
Missionary Baptist Church, 2375 N. 25th Street; Jeremiah Missionary Baptist
Church, 4519 W. Villard Avenue; Mt. Ararat Missionary Baptist Church, 3118
W. Atkinson Avenue; Mt. Pilgrim Missionary Baptist Church, 2700 W. Brown
Street; Mt. Vernon Missionary Baptist Church, 2345 N. 18th Street;
Monumental Missionary Baptist Church, 2407 W. North Avenue; New Creation
Missionary Baptist Church, 1658 W. Hopkins Street; New Pleasant Grove
Missionary Baptist Church, 5151 N. 32nd Street; Newport Missionary Baptist
Church, 2237 N. 11th Street; Omega Missionary Baptist Church, 2519 N.
Teutonia Avenue; Rose Hill Missionary Baptist Church, 2024 N. Dr. Martin
Luther King, Jr., Drive; Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church, 3811 N. Sherman
Boulevard; Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church, 4801 W. Capitol Drive; St.
Tania Missionary Baptist Church, 2456 W. Hopkins Street; True Light
Missionary Baptist Church, 2816 N. 11th Street; True Rock Missionary
Baptist Church, 4500 W. Burleigh Street; True Vine Missionary Baptist
Church, 1000 W. Burleigh Street; Unity Missionary Baptist Church,3835 W.
Fond du Lace Avenue; Victory Missionary Baptist Church, 2663 N. Teutonia
Avenue; Zion Hill Missionary Baptist Church, 1825 W. Hampton Avenue;
Milwaukee: location (2001) of Azareel Sanctuary Church of God in Christ,
2517 W. Fond du Lac Avenue (Pastor Willie L. Wright); Bethany Church of God
in Christ, 1930 N. 13th Street (Pastor - Elder Annise Washington, Sr.);
Bethel Tabernacle Church of God in Christ, 5419 W. Hampton Avenue; Bethel
Temple Church of God in Christ, 2576 N. 5th Street; Bibleway Church of God
in Christ (Pastor Leamon Austin); Bible Way Evangelist Church, 412 E.
Burleigh Street; Christ Tabernacle Church of God in Christ, 5865 N. 75th
Street; Christ Temple Church of God in Christ, 2778 N. 10th Street (Pastor
- Supt. Hugh B. Genous); Church of God in Christ, 2606 W. Fond du Lac
Avenue; El Bethel Church of God in Christ, 1501 W. Ring Street; El
Shaddai Church of God in Christ, 2976 N. 27th Street; Eternal Life Church
of God in Christ, 200 W. Concordia Avenue (Pastor - Rev. Dr. B. L.
Cleveland, Sr.); Good Samaritan Church of God in Christ, 5422 W. Center
Street (Pastor Herbert Robinson); Holy Cathedral Church of God in Christ,
2677 N. 40th Street (Pastor - Dr. C. H. McClelland); Holy Redeemer
Institutional Church of God in Christ, 3500 W. Mother Daniels Way (Pastor -
Supt. Dr. Sedgwick Daniels); House Of The Lord Church of God in Christ,
3418 W. Villard Avenue (Pastor Arthur J. Johnson, Jr.); Liberty Church of
God in Christ, 1811 W. Center Street; Little Community Church of God in
Christ, 2025 W. Hampton Avenue (Pastor Lincoln Russell); New Nation Temple
Church of God in Christ, 2614 W. Center Street (Pastor - Elder James Toon);
Outreach Church of God and Christ, 2733 N. Teutonia Avenue; Peter's Rock
Church of God in Christ, 2340 W. Hopkins Street; Philippian Church of God
in Christ, 2917 N. Holton Street; St. Paul Church of God in Christ, 2479 N.
15th Street; Williams Temple Church of God in Christ, 2753 N. Teutonia
Avenue;
Milwaukee: location (2001) of radio WNOV (gospel, Sundays); and radio WMCS
(gospel, Sundays 5 am – 2 pm);
Milwaukee: location (2001) of General Mitchell IAP Air Refueling Station,
which employed 5 military personnel and 400 civilians.
Milwaukee: place of death (1943) of Tiny Parham; (2000) of record man John
Steiner (aged 91);
Shorewood: location (2001) of Karmadillo Entertainment;
Wauwatosa: location (2001) of Greg Koch - http://www.gregkoch.com/; Greg
Koch Koalition;
West Allis: location (2000) of the Homeless Blues Festival;
MONROE COUNTY
Sparta: location (2001) of Fort McCoy, which employed 607 military
personnel and 904 civilians.
OCONTO COUNTY
Oconto: location (2001) of Slick Monkey (contact Red Wade);
OUTAGAMIE COUNTY
Appleton: location (2001) of Big Band Reunion ('BBR') Featuring Janet
Planet; Michael "Big Dog" Murphy;
Kaukauna: location (June 2001) of the Fox Valley Blues Festival;
New London; location (2001) of Terry Dawson; David Debbink; Wolverine
Willy (Terry Dawson) & The Blues Toads; Dean Sauers; Mary Swifka; Doug
Wheeler;
PORTAGE COUNTY
Plover: location (2001) of The Blues Flamingos/ Stuart McDoniel;
Stevens Point: location (2001) of Otis (McLennon) & The Alligators;
Stevens Point: location (2001) of Witz End (club);
RACINE COUNTY
Caledonia Town:
Mount Pleasant Town:
Racine: location (2001) of Saint's Home Progressive Outreach Church of God
in Christ, 1232 Villa Street (Pastor Joseph B. Howard); Shekinah Glory
Ministries Church of God in Christ, 945 North Memorial Drive (Pastor Charles
C. Jones);
Sturtevant: location (2001) of United Church of God in Christ, 2849 92nd
Street;
ROCK COUNTY
Beloit (city): past location of Rev. Cleavant Derricks (born 1910);
Beloit (city): location (2001) of Bethel A.M.E. Church, 1314 Athletic
Avenue;
Beloit Town:
Footville: location (2001) of Chainsaw Curtis & The Creepers;
Janesville: location (2001) of radio WKPO, featuring Greg Bridges (gospel,
5 am – 9 am, Sundays);
SHEBOYGAN COUNTY
Sheboygan:
TREMPEALEAU COUNTY
Trempealeau: location (May 2001) of the Trempealeau Blues Festival;
WALWORTH COUNTY
East Troy: location (2001) of Bluefire;
Elkhorn: location (within a mile of Alpine Valley Resort) - place of death
(1990) of Stevie Ray Vaughan;
Elkhorn: location (2001) of (Professor) Rev. Charlie F. Edmonds -
http://www.preachingbluesman.com/; Blue Rhapsody Publishing, Inc; Greater
Works Christian Outreach Ministry;
Whitewater:
Williams Bay: location (2001) of the George Williams Campus of Aurora
University;
WAUKESHA COUNTY
Brookfield:
Menomonee Falls: Ashlee Brawley; The Pontiac Blues Band (1985 onwards);
Vic Tomasello, Jr; Warren Ziech;
Waukesha: birthplace (1916) of Les Paul (Lester Polfus II);
WINNEBAGO COUNTY
Oshkosh: birthplace (1937) of Mike Melvoin;
Oshkosh: location (2001) of Proud Cow Records; Jay Stulo & The Mighty Aces
- http://www.jaystulo.com/; Bobby Evans & The Alimony Blues Band; Steve
Hazell;
WOOD COUNTY
Wisconsin Rapids: location (2001) of Blue Shadows;

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