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Howard "Louie Bluie" Armstrong (March 4, 1909 – July 30, 2003) was an American string band and country blues musician, who played fiddle, mandolin, and guitar and sang. He was also a notable visual artist and raconteur.
William Howard Taft Armstrong was born in 1909 in Dayton, Tenn., and grew up in LaFollette, Tenn. He was one of nine children whose father, Thomas Armstrong, was a factory worker and a musician ...
Howard Armstrong was born March 4, 1909, in Dayton, Tennessee, the middle son in a musically talented family of nine children. His father, also a musician, supported the family by working at a local steel mill.
Apr 12, 2003 · Howard "Louie Bluie" Armstrong was born on March 4, 1909, in Dayton, Tennessee, to Daisy and Thomas Armstrong. Armstrong's great-grandfather was a slave owner, and his grandparents were slaves. His father, a gifted musician, artist and preacher, worked as a furnace man at the LaFollette Iron and Coal Company in eastern Tennessee to support his wife and nine children.
Apr 8, 2020 · Howard “Louie Bluie” Armstrong was one of many black string band musicians and country-music forebears, who played for both black and white audiences in the 1920s and 1930s. Aside singing, he ...
Howard Armstrong, legendary string-band fiddler and mandolinist, died July 30th, at the age of 94. An amazing musician who performed through 9 decades, he was the last of the black string-band musicians of the 20’s and 30’s, a player who traveled from Tennessee to Chicago and Detroit, fusing styles of southern folk blues with northern urban blues and swing to help create a unique chapter in American music history.
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Jul 30, 2003 · Howard Armstrong March 4, 1909 - July 30, 2003. Culture. African American
