Born: January 13, 1909, New Orleans, LA

Died: March 13, 1994, New Orleans, LA

Only one guitarist in history managed to strum along with such disparate luminaries as Jelly Roll Morton, Cab Calloway, Charlie Parker, Louis Armstrong, Dr. John and Wynton Marsalis: Danny Barker. A notorious storyteller, Barker was always the first to downplay his own abilities: I never claimed to be a superstar.

More than likely, Danny Barker would have hum...