Scrapper Blackwell
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American blues guitarist and singer (1903–1962)
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Francis Hillman "Scrapper" Blackwell (February 21, 1903 – October 7, 1962) was an American blues guitarist and singer, best known as half of the guitar-piano duo Leroy Carr & Scrapper Blackwell, he formed with Leroy Carr, in the late 1920s and early 1930s. He was an acoustic single-note picker in the Chicago blues and Piedmont blues styles. Some critics have noted that he veered towards jazz. Blackwell was born in Syracuse, South Carolina, one of sixteen children of Payton and Elizabeth Blackwe
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- Place of death
- Indianapolis
- Occupation
- singer
- Genre
- Chicago blues
- Instrument
- guitar
- Record label
- Decca
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- date of birth
- 1903-02-21
- date of death
- 1962-10-07
- manner of death
- homicide
- start of work period
- 1928-00-00
- ethnic group
- African Americans
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