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bluesdelta bluescountry bluesfolkBo Carter
Bo Carter (born Armenter Chatmon, June 30, 1892 or March 21, 1893 - September 21, 1964) was an American early blues musician. He was a member of the Mississippi Sheiks in concerts, and on a few of their recordings. Carter also managed that group, which included his brother, Lonnie Chatmon, on fiddle and occasionally Sam Chatmon on bass, along with a friend, Walter Vinson, on guitar and lead vocals. Since the 1960s, Carter has become best known for his bawdy songs such as "Banana in Your Fruit
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Bo
- Family name
- Carter
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Bolton
- Place of death
- Memphis
- Occupation
- musician
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- country blues
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Bluebird Records
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- date of birth
- 1892-06-30
- date of death
- 1964-09-21
- medical condition
- blindness
- cause of death
- cerebral hemorrhage
- start of work period
- 1931-00-00
- ethnic group
- African Americans
- manner of death
- natural causes
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