Raful Neal is perhaps best known for being the father of a brood of successful blues musicians than for his own musical prowess.

What with Kenny, Noel, Jackie, Larry and Raful Jr. currently enjoying fruitful careers as blues musicians, it might be easy to overlook the accomplishments of their talented, but modest father Raful Neal was born June 6, 1936, and grew up on a farm near Erwinville, LA, in West Baton Rouge Parish. A cousin of Ernie K-Doe, Neal's family moved to Baton Rouge while h...