Barbara Lynn

This an artist by the name of Barbara Lynn (born Ozen later Cumby ) performing in 1962. She plays and sings in a genre called Gulf Coast Blues and is also a composer of note. Playing rhythm guitar with her here is Clarence Gatemouth Brown. She is from the Texas coastal town of Beaumont and in the second clip taken in 2010 she is playing in her hometown. She has been on tour with big names like Gladys Knight, Marvin Gaye, Dionne Warwick, Jackie Wilson, Otis Redding and many more, but strangely has not achieved their level of fame. I came across an analysis of her playing technique and singing by a British guitarist who had very high praise. It's very technical but you can look it under Wings of Pegasus. She has a great stage personality and I saw a clip of her telling the story of getting a phone call from Mick Jagger wanting to do her song Oh Baby We've Got A Good Thing Going. She nearly fell on the floor but laughed all the way to the bank! She is still performing today at the age of 79. Without fanfare or fuss she just gets on a Greyhound bus with trusty left handed Stratocaster and goes off to meet like minded artists . You can see such people in the second clip doing her song Wild Night Tonight.