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Cal Collins

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American musician (1933–2001)

Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
United Kingdom
Active from
1951-01-30
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Listeners · Last.fm

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719
Total plays
3,702

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Cal Collins (b. 5/5/33, d. 8/27/01) was renowned as a sophisticated guitarist on the Cincinnati jazz scene, but was no high brow and dabbled in many music styles. He came about this eclectic bearing by growing up on a farm in Inidiana during the 1930's (Lonnie Mack was a childhood friend), where his first instrument to be played professionally was the mandolin. Exposure to Django Reinhardt led him to pick up the guitar (on which he was self taught <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Cal+Collins

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Family name
Collins
Gender
male
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
Medora
Place of death
Dillsboro
Genre
jazz
Instrument
guitar
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date of birth
1933-05-05
date of death
2001-08-27
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