Willie Kent

USA

Born: 24 February 1936

Died: 02 March 2006

Years Active: 50, 60, 70, 80, 90

Genres: Blues

Styles: Modern Electric Chicago Blues, Chicago Blues, Electric Chicago Blues, Modern Electric Blues, Electric Blues, Electric Harmonica Blues, Texas Blues

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The preeminent Chicago blues bassist of the postwar era, Willie Kent was the city's last surviving link to the Mississippi Delta tradition, backing a who's who of immortals including Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, and Junior Parker as well as fronting his own long-running band, the Gents. Born in Inverness, MS, on February 24, 1936, Kent was the product of a sharecropping family, and was enlisted to pick cotton at the age of six. While local musician Dewitt Munson afforded his first exposure to the blues, as a teen he began dialing in Helena, AR's...

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