This original painting was conceptualized by Steve Salter of Killer Blues, and hand painted by Melissa Morrow, an independent artist from West Michigan. It features 13 legendary central figures of the blues including Muddy Waters, Robert Johnson, Blind Willie McTell, Petie Wheatstraw, Charlie Patton, Alan Lomax and many others. It was originally unveiled at the First Annual White Lake Blues Festival in Whitehall, MI in May of 2008. It is currently available for purchase as poster prints on high quality glossy professional photo paper, and as a high quality print on real canvas, using the highest quality professional inks, and comes with a legend of the names of the musicians featured. All proceeds from print sales go towards raising money for purchasing headstones for deceased blues artists. Poster prints are $20 each, and canvas prints are $300, plus shipping. To order your copy today, click here, and send us your info and someone will get back to you right away with ordering information!

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This calendar is the first of its kind. It’s not just another music calendar filled with the birthdays of famous musicians – it is, rather, chock full of the death dates of the artists as well. Why? Because, not only were these artists responsible for changing the course of music as we know it during their lives, but so influential were they that their music has lived on long after their death. Many of these artists sadly, were so poor that their graves remain unmarked to this day. The profits from the sales of this calendar will go towards purchasing proper markers for those bluesmen who lie in unmarked graves.

Press Release

Warren, MI -After 45 years of lying in an unmarked grave, Big Maceo, King of the blues piano, has finally received a headstone due to the efforts of blues enthusiast Steve Salter.  Salter purchased the headstone with funds raised from a recent blues festival in his home town of Whitehall, MI.  Salter, a CD and t-shirt vendor at blues festivals has travelled throughout the country collecting photographs of blues artist’s headstones often finding that many didn’t have markers.  He resolved to do something about it and created the Killer Blues Headstone Project.  In 1999 he began his project by submitting a letter to Blues Review Magazine to voice his outrage that the great Otis Spann who contributed so much to the development of Chicago Blues, had no headstone.  This lead to a grass roots campaign with donations coming in from all over the world resulting in a proper marker.  With the placement of Big Maceo’s headstone this month, Salter is on to his next project, Walter Vincent, who lies in an unmarked grave in Chicago.  If you are interested in helping the Killer Blues Headstone Project, visit killerblues.net for more information.