CAST

Cast who appeared in the film

(arranged in alphabetical order)

  • Alabama Mike

  • Betty Marvin

  • Dalhart Johnson

  • D’ Wayne P. Wiggins

  • Electra Kimble Price

  • The Dynamic Miss Faye Carol

  • Freddie W. Hughes

  • Fantastic Negrito

  • Geoffrey Pete

  • Hartfield Brothers*

  • Chauncey Crosby*

  • David C Hartfield, Sr.*

  • Robert Hartfiel d*

  • Isabel Wilkerson

  • James A. Levi

  • James C. Moore, Sr.

  • Jesse James

  • John Turk

  • Lady Bianca

  • Larry Payton

  • Larry Vann

  • Lee Hildebrand

  • Leon “Denianke” Williams

  • Lenny Williams

  • Marvin Holmes

  • Nicholas Harper

  • Paul Tillman Smith

  • Rickey Vincent

  • Robert Geddins, Jr.

  • Robert O. Self

  • Ronald A. Wells

  • Ronnie K. Stewart

  • Sonny Rhodes

  • Sugar Pie DeSanto

  • “Terrible Tom” Bowden, Jr.

  • Wylie Trass

 

Music

List of music played in film can be downloaded by clicking this link:

MUSIC OF EVOLUTIONARY BLUES: WEST OAKLAND'S MUSIC LEGACY (pdf)

 

Musical Credits (PDF)

 

 
 

Oakland Blues Roster

In Appreciation of their Music
*Denotes Oakland Blues Walk of Fame


Rustee Allen
Bernard Anders
Lee Ashford*
Morris Atchison, Sr.
The Ballads*
Eugene Blacknell*
Bobby Blue Bland*
Charles Brown*
“Terrible Tom” Bowden*
Gaylord Burch
Chris Burns
John A. Burton*
Faye Carol*
Ray Charles*
Pee Wee Crayton*
Nat King Cole*
Bobby Cochran
Sammy Davis, Jr*  
Dell & Tippie*
Big Bob Deance*
Sugar Pie DeSanto*
Ray Dobard
Domingo
K.C. Douglas*
Joel Durham*
Phil Elwood*
Big John Evans*
Jon Faddis
Michael Flowers
Bobby Forte*
Eddie Foster*
The Natural Four*
Aretha Franklin*
The Fuller Brothers*
Jesse Fuller*  
Johnny Fuller*
Lowell Fulson*
Willie G
Phillip “Roscoe” Gallo
Adam Gabriel
Erroll Garner
Bob Geddins, Sr.*
Dell Graham
Larry Graham*
Carl Green*
The Green Brothers*
John Handy*
The Edwin Hawkins Singers*
Roy Hawkins*
The Hartfield Brothers* (Chauncey, David, Robert)
Hi Tide Harris
The Edwin Hawkins Singers*
Johnny Heartsman*
Lonnie Hewitt
Billie Holiday*
Marvin Holmes*
John Lee Hooker*
Maxine Howard*
Freddie Hughes*
Ivory Joe Hunter
Jackie Ivory
Etta James*
Adolph Jacobs*
Jesse James
Bob Jeffries
Slim Jenkins*
Vernon (Garrett) and (Baby) Jewel (vocal duo)
Dalhart Johnson*
Trudy Johnson*
Raincoat Jones*
J.J. “Bad Boy”Jones  
Louis Jordan*
Ed Kelly*
The Right Kind*
Ivory Joe King*
B.B. King*
Saunders Samuel King*
Eartha Kitt*
Geno Landry (or “Geneo”)
James Levi
Sarah Levingston  
Little Stanley Lippitt*
The Lockett Brothers*
Esther & William Mabry*
John Mastory
Finny Mo*
Curtis Moore
James Moore*
Dorothy Morrison*
Jimmy McCracklin*
The Nicholas Brothers*
Esther’s Orbit Room*
Sergio Oseguera
Johnny Otis*
Jay Payton*
Little Esther Phillips*
Perry Phillips*
Billy Pigrum*
The Pointer Sisters*
Larry Randolph
Paul Reid
Reid’s Records
L.C. “Good Rockin’” Robinson*
Willie Riser
Haskell “Cool Papa” Sadler*  
Omar Sharriff (aka Dave Alexander Elam)
Todd Anthony Shaw
Joe Simon*
Ronnie Smith
Beverly Stovall
Charles Sullivan*
Big Mama Thornton*
Johnny Talbott, (aka Johnny Tolbert)*
Lafayette “Thing” Thomas*
Wylie Trass*
Johnny Turk*
Ike & Tina Turner*
Larry Vann
T-Bone Walker*
Michael Oliver Warren
Minor Williams
Dinah Washington*
Mississippi Johnny Waters
Teddy Blues Master Watson*
Ron (Bobby) Wells
Henry Delton Williams*
Lenny Williams*  
Leon Williams
Jimmy Wilson*
Stan Wilson*
Wolf’s Records
Bobby Young
Rusty Zinn