Is there a musical background in Webbs family?What is it?
Yes, Webb’s aunt was into music, read below: The woman who ran Trumpet, Lillian McMurry , kept incredibly concise and detailed session log books. Everything was turned over to the Blues Archive on the University of Mississippi campus where it is a treasure for blues historians. Trumpet Records- For the definitive story on this pioneering Jackson, Mississippi record label -Trumpet Records- founded by Lillian McMurry a young woman who loves the blues, read “Trumpet Records” by Marc Ryan (who owns Accoustic Archives) [it can be ordered from Big Nickel Publishing, P. O. Box 157, Milford NH 03055]. She is still alive and lives in Jackson MS. As a matter of fact, she has appeared at the Delta Blues Museum on a panel recently (1998). She also appearred at the Handy’s this year (1998) where she showed up unannounced and got a standing ovation. Trumpet recorded many classic records; the first “Dust My Broom” Elmore James with Sonny Boy Williamson, the first “Peace In The Valley” by the Southern
