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From: hiway_61revisited <hiway_61revisited@...>
Subject: [Bluesville] Today In Blues - Dec 10
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Date: Tuesday, December 9, 2008, 10:19 PM

Today In Blues - Dec 10

© 2o03 L.W. "Junior" Jackson

On this 10th day of December in 1932 perrenial Jazz bassist Bob
Cranshaw was born in Evanton, IL.
Cranshaw played and / or toured with such jazz greats as Wes
Montgomery, Coleman Hawkins, McCoy Tyner, Thelonius Monk, Ella
Fitzgerald, Buddy Rich, Oscar Peterson and many more. Bob was also a
regular in the cast of Sesame Street for many years.
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Inluential Blues guitarist Guitar Slim (Eddie Jones), who wrote the
Blues classic "The Things I used to Do" and was a major influence on
Albert Collins, Lonnie Brooks, Buddy Guy and others, was born in
Greenwood, MS on this day in 1926.
Check out the superb "Sufferin` Mind" on Specialty Records.
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Keyboardist Ronald Caldwell of The Bar-Kays died on this day in 1967
in Lake Monona, WI at age 19.
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Drummer Carl Cunningham of The Bar-Kays died on this day in 1967 in
Lake Monoma, WI at age 18.
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Saxaphonist Phalon Jones of The Bar-Kays died on this day in Lake
Monoma, WI at age 18.
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Guitarist James King of The Bar-Kays died on this day in 1967 in Lake
Monoma, WI at age 18.
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Guitarist, vocalist, songwriter and Soul music legend Otis Redding
died on this day in Lake Monoma, WI at age 26.
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Piedmont Blues guitarist Willie Trice died on this day in 1976 in
Durham, NC at age 66.
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On this day in 1949, Antoine "Fats" Domino recorded his first sides
for Imperial Records. The legend from New Orleans recorded "The Fat
Man". It is believed that this un-documented million seller is what
earned him his nickname.
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