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Fred McDowell
Sign in to saveAlso known as Mississippi Fred McDowell, Frederick McDowell
American blues musician (1904–1972)
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 1
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1904-01-12
- Active to
- 1972-07-03
bluesdelta blueshill country blues
Discography
- My Home Is in the Delta1964
- Mississippi Delta Blues1964
- Fred McDowell, Vol. 21966
- Cotton Country Blues1967
- Long Way From Home: The Blues of Fred McDowell1967
- Amazing Grace1969
- I Do Not Play No Rock ’n’ Roll1969
- Mississippi Fred McDowell in London, Volume 11969
- Mississippi Fred McDowell in London, Volume 21969
- Eight Years Ramblin'1972
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 190,382
- Total plays
- 1,480,166
Tags
bluesdelta bluesClassic Bluesfolkacoustic
Mississippi Fred McDowell was born Fred McDowell in Rossville, Tennessee, January 12, 1904. He died in Memphis,Tennessee on July 3, 1972. He was a blues singer and guitar player in the North Mississippi style. His parents, who were farmers, died when McDowell was a youth. He started playing guitar at the age of 14 and played at dances around Rossville. Wanting a change from ploughing fields, he moved to Memphis in 1926 where he worked in a number of jobs and played music for tips. <a href="htt
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Fred
- Family name
- McDowell
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Rossville
- Place of death
- Los Angeles
- Occupation
- singer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Instrument
- guitar
- Record label
- Fat Possum Records
- Image
- Mississippi Fred McDowell.jpg
Show 9 more facts
- date of birth
- 1904-01-12
- date of death
- 1972-07-03
- name in native language
- Fred McDowell
- Commons category
- Mississippi Fred McDowell
- cause of death
- cancer
- manner of death
- natural causes
- start of work period
- 1926-00-00
- ethnic group
- African Americans
- pseudonym
- Mississippi Fred McDowell
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