Buddy Lamp

Buddy Lamp was born in Starksville, Ms in 1929. He moved to the Detroit area at an early age. His first recordings were gospel ones made in Detroit under his own name, with the Lampkin Singers, and as the “Son Of Thunder” with the Violinaires. His first secular sessions were held in New York, for Harold Logan and Lloyd Price but the majority of his recordings are from Detroit He worked for Mike Hanks who released Lamp’s tracks on D-Town and Wheelsville. Later he moved to the Houston based Duke records. He died in November 2007.