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Christone "Kingfish" Ingram (born January 19, 1999) is an American blues guitarist and singer from Clarksdale, Mississippi, United States, who became a well-known performer as a teenager. His debut album, Kingfish, was released in May 2019. [3] In addition to his own albums, musicians he has recorded with include Eric Gales, Buddy Guy and Keb Mo.
[3] The Washington Post said, "Jarekus Singleton is an exciting new young blues guitarist with melody, hooks, swagger and a strong, original voice. His lyrics are modern, personal, acutely poetic and deeply mature." [4] USA Today said of Singleton, "Stinging blues guitar and potent, original songs herald the emergence of a major new talent." [5]
Johnny "Man" Young (January 1, 1917 – April 18, 1974) [1] was an American blues singer, mandolin player and guitarist, significant as one of the first of the new generation of electric blues artists to record in Chicago after the Second World War. He was one of the few mandolin players active in blues music in the postwar era.
Pages in category "Blues musicians from Mississippi" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 207 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
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Edwards was born in Shaw, Mississippi. [2] He learned to play music from his father, a guitarist and violinist. [3] At the age of 14, he left home to travel with the bluesman Big Joe Williams, beginning life as an itinerant musician, which he maintained through the 1930s and 1940s.
Kimbrough was born in Hudsonville, Mississippi, [2] and lived in the north Mississippi hill country near Holly Springs. His father, a barber, played the guitar, and Junior picked his guitar as a child. [5] He was apparently influenced by the guitarists Mississippi Fred McDowell and Eli Green. [6]