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American blues musician

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Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
United States
Active from
1949-09-01
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Little Axe is American musician Skip McDonald (born Bernard Alexander in Dayton, Ohio, on 1 September 1949. After being part of the house band for Sugarhill Records, McDonald assumed the moniker "Little Axe" and began moving from hip hop to a form of blues that drew from an array of musical influences, including dub, R&B, gospel, and jazz. McDonald learned to play the blues on his father's guitar from the age of 8, although by the time he was 12 years old he had opted to perform doo-wop. <a hr

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Bernard
Family name
Q1511218
Gender
male
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
Dayton
Occupation
singer
Languages spoken
English language
Instrument
voice
Record label
Fat Possum Records
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pseudonym
Skip McDonald
Commons category
Little Axe
date of birth
1949-01-01
start of work period
1973-00-00
writing language
English language
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