Conway Twitty (Harold Jenkins) born September 1, 1933 at Friars Point, MS.
(His father piloted a ferry boat between Friars Point & Helena)
Lived at Helena, Arkansas as a youth, where he formed his first musical group & appeared on radio KFFA.
youtu.be/cAA_LUCb0QE?...
(His father piloted a ferry boat between Friars Point & Helena)
Lived at Helena, Arkansas as a youth, where he formed his first musical group & appeared on radio KFFA.
youtu.be/cAA_LUCb0QE?...
September 1, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Conway Twitty (Harold Jenkins) born September 1, 1933 at Friars Point, MS.
(His father piloted a ferry boat between Friars Point & Helena)
Lived at Helena, Arkansas as a youth, where he formed his first musical group & appeared on radio KFFA.
youtu.be/cAA_LUCb0QE?...
(His father piloted a ferry boat between Friars Point & Helena)
Lived at Helena, Arkansas as a youth, where he formed his first musical group & appeared on radio KFFA.
youtu.be/cAA_LUCb0QE?...
April 5, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Paul Orta born September 6, 1957 at Port Arthur, TX.
Excellent harmonica player. Pictured here (right, red beret) during an appearance on KFFA radio with Steve Cheseborough (left) and Jack Edery (center).
October 2005, Helena.
youtu.be/JAqlCXJSVOU?...
Excellent harmonica player. Pictured here (right, red beret) during an appearance on KFFA radio with Steve Cheseborough (left) and Jack Edery (center).
October 2005, Helena.
youtu.be/JAqlCXJSVOU?...
September 6, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Paul Orta born September 6, 1957 at Port Arthur, TX.
Excellent harmonica player. Pictured here (right, red beret) during an appearance on KFFA radio with Steve Cheseborough (left) and Jack Edery (center).
October 2005, Helena.
youtu.be/JAqlCXJSVOU?...
Excellent harmonica player. Pictured here (right, red beret) during an appearance on KFFA radio with Steve Cheseborough (left) and Jack Edery (center).
October 2005, Helena.
youtu.be/JAqlCXJSVOU?...
Guitarist Bob Margolin was born May 9, 1949 in Massachusetts.
With Muddy Waters in 1970s (and with Muddy in “The Last Waltz”).
Subsequent solo career & appearances with many others
*CD
*at Helena with Hubert Sumlin
*on air with me
With Muddy Waters in 1970s (and with Muddy in “The Last Waltz”).
Subsequent solo career & appearances with many others
*CD
*at Helena with Hubert Sumlin
*on air with me
May 9, 2026 at 3:45 PM
Guitarist Bob Margolin was born May 9, 1949 in Massachusetts.
With Muddy Waters in 1970s (and with Muddy in “The Last Waltz”).
Subsequent solo career & appearances with many others
*CD
*at Helena with Hubert Sumlin
*on air with me
With Muddy Waters in 1970s (and with Muddy in “The Last Waltz”).
Subsequent solo career & appearances with many others
*CD
*at Helena with Hubert Sumlin
*on air with me
@terrybuckalew.bsky.social Tem o vídeo de Donna Herula se apresentando no mesmo dia que Robert Hill no "Delta Sounds"
Robert Hill & Donna Herula perform 'Empire State Blues" LIVE on KFFA radio show 10-08-09
YouTube video by radiotoneslide
youtu.be
May 27, 2026 at 7:52 PM
@terrybuckalew.bsky.social Tem o vídeo de Donna Herula se apresentando no mesmo dia que Robert Hill no "Delta Sounds"
Musician James “Peck” Curtis born March 7, 1912 at Benoit, Mississippi.
Longtime drummer on Sonny Boy Williamson’s “King Biscuit Time” radio show.
Died at Helena in 1970, buried at Helena’s Magnolia Cemetery.
Here’s Peck rapping about his friend Sonny Boy:
youtu.be/mEM4dO39ZLc?...
Longtime drummer on Sonny Boy Williamson’s “King Biscuit Time” radio show.
Died at Helena in 1970, buried at Helena’s Magnolia Cemetery.
Here’s Peck rapping about his friend Sonny Boy:
youtu.be/mEM4dO39ZLc?...
March 7, 2026 at 2:43 PM
Musician James “Peck” Curtis born March 7, 1912 at Benoit, Mississippi.
Longtime drummer on Sonny Boy Williamson’s “King Biscuit Time” radio show.
Died at Helena in 1970, buried at Helena’s Magnolia Cemetery.
Here’s Peck rapping about his friend Sonny Boy:
youtu.be/mEM4dO39ZLc?...
Longtime drummer on Sonny Boy Williamson’s “King Biscuit Time” radio show.
Died at Helena in 1970, buried at Helena’s Magnolia Cemetery.
Here’s Peck rapping about his friend Sonny Boy:
youtu.be/mEM4dO39ZLc?...
Our old friend John “Sonny” Payne (b. 1925) died February 9, 2018 at Helena.
Sonny was a WW2 vet, former swing band bassist, and longtime dj at Helena’s KFFA radio-where he hosted the “King Biscuit Time” blues radio show for decades.
youtu.be/80tIbv76zH0?...
Sonny was a WW2 vet, former swing band bassist, and longtime dj at Helena’s KFFA radio-where he hosted the “King Biscuit Time” blues radio show for decades.
youtu.be/80tIbv76zH0?...
February 9, 2026 at 2:38 PM
Our old friend John “Sonny” Payne (b. 1925) died February 9, 2018 at Helena.
Sonny was a WW2 vet, former swing band bassist, and longtime dj at Helena’s KFFA radio-where he hosted the “King Biscuit Time” blues radio show for decades.
youtu.be/80tIbv76zH0?...
Sonny was a WW2 vet, former swing band bassist, and longtime dj at Helena’s KFFA radio-where he hosted the “King Biscuit Time” blues radio show for decades.
youtu.be/80tIbv76zH0?...
I am not making this up!
(1) The KFFA studios were once located on the top floor of the 5 story bank building at right.
(2) Sonny Boy’s boarding house was in the gap between that brown brick building & Calhoun’s funeral home.
(1) The KFFA studios were once located on the top floor of the 5 story bank building at right.
(2) Sonny Boy’s boarding house was in the gap between that brown brick building & Calhoun’s funeral home.
May 25, 2026 at 3:14 PM
I am not making this up!
(1) The KFFA studios were once located on the top floor of the 5 story bank building at right.
(2) Sonny Boy’s boarding house was in the gap between that brown brick building & Calhoun’s funeral home.
(1) The KFFA studios were once located on the top floor of the 5 story bank building at right.
(2) Sonny Boy’s boarding house was in the gap between that brown brick building & Calhoun’s funeral home.
Paul Orta born September 6, 1957 at Port Arthur, TX.
(D. 2019)
Excellent harmonica player. Pictured here (right, red beret) during an appearance on KFFA radio with Steve Cheseborough (left) and Jack Edery (center).
October 2005, Helena.
youtu.be/JAqlCXJSVOU?...
(D. 2019)
Excellent harmonica player. Pictured here (right, red beret) during an appearance on KFFA radio with Steve Cheseborough (left) and Jack Edery (center).
October 2005, Helena.
youtu.be/JAqlCXJSVOU?...
September 6, 2026 at 1:14 PM
Paul Orta born September 6, 1957 at Port Arthur, TX.
(D. 2019)
Excellent harmonica player. Pictured here (right, red beret) during an appearance on KFFA radio with Steve Cheseborough (left) and Jack Edery (center).
October 2005, Helena.
youtu.be/JAqlCXJSVOU?...
(D. 2019)
Excellent harmonica player. Pictured here (right, red beret) during an appearance on KFFA radio with Steve Cheseborough (left) and Jack Edery (center).
October 2005, Helena.
youtu.be/JAqlCXJSVOU?...
March 14, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Blues guitar great Earl Hooker (d. 1970) was born January 15, 1930 at Clarksdale, MS.
Worked with Jr Wells, Sonny Boy Williamson, more.
Frequent performer on King Biscuit Time radio in Helena, Ark. (as seen in attached photo by Ivey Gladin).
youtu.be/FMrlT0c1SKw?...
Worked with Jr Wells, Sonny Boy Williamson, more.
Frequent performer on King Biscuit Time radio in Helena, Ark. (as seen in attached photo by Ivey Gladin).
youtu.be/FMrlT0c1SKw?...
January 15, 2026 at 2:57 PM
Blues guitar great Earl Hooker (d. 1970) was born January 15, 1930 at Clarksdale, MS.
Worked with Jr Wells, Sonny Boy Williamson, more.
Frequent performer on King Biscuit Time radio in Helena, Ark. (as seen in attached photo by Ivey Gladin).
youtu.be/FMrlT0c1SKw?...
Worked with Jr Wells, Sonny Boy Williamson, more.
Frequent performer on King Biscuit Time radio in Helena, Ark. (as seen in attached photo by Ivey Gladin).
youtu.be/FMrlT0c1SKw?...
My friend Jimmy Evans (d. 2011) played bass with Conway Twitty & his Rockhousers in the 1950s.
(He’s at left in that first pic w/standup bass)
Jimmy later joined Ronnie Hawkins & the Hawks, eventually replaced by Rick Danko.
1)Jimmy with CT
& 2)with me in 2006.
(He’s at left in that first pic w/standup bass)
Jimmy later joined Ronnie Hawkins & the Hawks, eventually replaced by Rick Danko.
1)Jimmy with CT
& 2)with me in 2006.
September 1, 2026 at 12:52 PM
My friend Jimmy Evans (d. 2011) played bass with Conway Twitty & his Rockhousers in the 1950s.
(He’s at left in that first pic w/standup bass)
Jimmy later joined Ronnie Hawkins & the Hawks, eventually replaced by Rick Danko.
1)Jimmy with CT
& 2)with me in 2006.
(He’s at left in that first pic w/standup bass)
Jimmy later joined Ronnie Hawkins & the Hawks, eventually replaced by Rick Danko.
1)Jimmy with CT
& 2)with me in 2006.
Eu estava ouvindo o King Biscuit Time lá no Facebook. Diretamente do Delta Cultural Center, Helena, Arkansas -- transmitido AO VIVO todos os dias da semana pela Rádio KFFA desde 1941!
May 7, 2026 at 8:07 PM
Eu estava ouvindo o King Biscuit Time lá no Facebook. Diretamente do Delta Cultural Center, Helena, Arkansas -- transmitido AO VIVO todos os dias da semana pela Rádio KFFA desde 1941!
Saxophonist “Red” (James W.) Holloway born May 31, 1927 at Helena, Arkansas.
Died 2012.
Solo, also recorded with Jack McDuff, George Benson, Gene Ammons, John Mayall, many more.
youtu.be/Ru7SZ3ySmpQ?...
Died 2012.
Solo, also recorded with Jack McDuff, George Benson, Gene Ammons, John Mayall, many more.
youtu.be/Ru7SZ3ySmpQ?...
May 31, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Saxophonist “Red” (James W.) Holloway born May 31, 1927 at Helena, Arkansas.
Died 2012.
Solo, also recorded with Jack McDuff, George Benson, Gene Ammons, John Mayall, many more.
youtu.be/Ru7SZ3ySmpQ?...
Died 2012.
Solo, also recorded with Jack McDuff, George Benson, Gene Ammons, John Mayall, many more.
youtu.be/Ru7SZ3ySmpQ?...
Sonny’s entry in the Encyclopedia of Arkansas.
It was written by Arkansas musician Liz Lottman.
encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/suns...
It was written by Arkansas musician Liz Lottman.
encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/suns...
November 29, 2024 at 2:48 PM
Sonny’s entry in the Encyclopedia of Arkansas.
It was written by Arkansas musician Liz Lottman.
encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/suns...
It was written by Arkansas musician Liz Lottman.
encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/suns...
Mack was a frequent guest on our radio show in Helena.
The first 2 pics are Mack in the studio, the 3rd is me playing his guitar.
All from mid-00s.
“Mad at You”
youtu.be/6OqkfmXRhck?...
The first 2 pics are Mack in the studio, the 3rd is me playing his guitar.
All from mid-00s.
“Mad at You”
youtu.be/6OqkfmXRhck?...
May 22, 2026 at 2:01 PM
Mack was a frequent guest on our radio show in Helena.
The first 2 pics are Mack in the studio, the 3rd is me playing his guitar.
All from mid-00s.
“Mad at You”
youtu.be/6OqkfmXRhck?...
The first 2 pics are Mack in the studio, the 3rd is me playing his guitar.
All from mid-00s.
“Mad at You”
youtu.be/6OqkfmXRhck?...
Our old friend Mack Self (Wiley L. Self) born May 22, 1930/Phillips County, Arkansas.
D. 2011 at Helena.
Singer /songwriter.
Recorded for Sun Records, Phillips, other labels.
youtu.be/i8VbIgJd0Ik?...
youtu.be/B03c26tRKp0?...
D. 2011 at Helena.
Singer /songwriter.
Recorded for Sun Records, Phillips, other labels.
youtu.be/i8VbIgJd0Ik?...
youtu.be/B03c26tRKp0?...
May 22, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Our old friend Mack Self (Wiley L. Self) born May 22, 1930/Phillips County, Arkansas.
D. 2011 at Helena.
Singer /songwriter.
Recorded for Sun Records, Phillips, other labels.
youtu.be/i8VbIgJd0Ik?...
youtu.be/B03c26tRKp0?...
D. 2011 at Helena.
Singer /songwriter.
Recorded for Sun Records, Phillips, other labels.
youtu.be/i8VbIgJd0Ik?...
youtu.be/B03c26tRKp0?...
I have audio of a few shows, a lots of photos.
We took quite a few videos, but those would be in the archives down in Helena.
We did the show for 10 years.
Lots of cool guests.
We took quite a few videos, but those would be in the archives down in Helena.
We did the show for 10 years.
Lots of cool guests.
September 11, 2026 at 10:23 PM
I have audio of a few shows, a lots of photos.
We took quite a few videos, but those would be in the archives down in Helena.
We did the show for 10 years.
Lots of cool guests.
We took quite a few videos, but those would be in the archives down in Helena.
We did the show for 10 years.
Lots of cool guests.
Em junho de 2003, o King Biscuit Time, o lendário programa de rádio de blues da KFFA em Helena, Arkansas, lançou uma nova revista de blues para distribuição em diversos festivais do gênero pelo EUA.
Aqui estão algumas colunas escritas por Glenn Weiser
Aqui estão algumas colunas escritas por Glenn Weiser
The King Biscuit Times The Blues Online By Glenn Weiser
www.celticguitarmusic.com
August 4, 2026 at 4:36 PM
Em junho de 2003, o King Biscuit Time, o lendário programa de rádio de blues da KFFA em Helena, Arkansas, lançou uma nova revista de blues para distribuição em diversos festivais do gênero pelo EUA.
Aqui estão algumas colunas escritas por Glenn Weiser
Aqui estão algumas colunas escritas por Glenn Weiser
Musician Zac Harmon’s birthday.
Mississippi native & winner of 2004 International Blues Challenge.
1. CD
2. At Helena with (l to r) Jeff Stone, Sonny Payne, me, Max Arnold, Zac Harmon.
youtu.be/-K_VLbxA1dM?...
Mississippi native & winner of 2004 International Blues Challenge.
1. CD
2. At Helena with (l to r) Jeff Stone, Sonny Payne, me, Max Arnold, Zac Harmon.
youtu.be/-K_VLbxA1dM?...
March 1, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Musician Zac Harmon’s birthday.
Mississippi native & winner of 2004 International Blues Challenge.
1. CD
2. At Helena with (l to r) Jeff Stone, Sonny Payne, me, Max Arnold, Zac Harmon.
youtu.be/-K_VLbxA1dM?...
Mississippi native & winner of 2004 International Blues Challenge.
1. CD
2. At Helena with (l to r) Jeff Stone, Sonny Payne, me, Max Arnold, Zac Harmon.
youtu.be/-K_VLbxA1dM?...
My friend Jimmy Evans (d. 2011) played bass with Conway Twitty & his Rockhousers in the 1950s.
(Jimmy later joined Ronnie Hawkins & the Hawks, eventually replaced by Rick Danko).
Jimmy with CT & with me in 2006.
(Jimmy later joined Ronnie Hawkins & the Hawks, eventually replaced by Rick Danko).
Jimmy with CT & with me in 2006.
September 1, 2025 at 1:25 PM
My friend Jimmy Evans (d. 2011) played bass with Conway Twitty & his Rockhousers in the 1950s.
(Jimmy later joined Ronnie Hawkins & the Hawks, eventually replaced by Rick Danko).
Jimmy with CT & with me in 2006.
(Jimmy later joined Ronnie Hawkins & the Hawks, eventually replaced by Rick Danko).
Jimmy with CT & with me in 2006.
Justin Bieber - Baby ft. Ludacris
YouTube video by JustinBieberVEVO
www.youtube.com
December 16, 2024 at 11:40 AM