USA
Born: 31 January 1906
Died: 17 July 1983
Years Active: 40, 50, 60, 70, 80
Genres: Blues
Styles: Piano Blues, Acoustic Blues, Jump Blues/Piano Blues, Country Blues, Acoustic Chicago Blues, Chicago Blues, St. Louis Blues, Urban Blues
Next time someone voices the goofball opinion that blues is simply too depressing to embrace, sit 'em down and expose 'em to a heady dose of Roosevelt Sykes. If he doesn't change their minds, nothing will. There was absolutely nothing downbeat about this roly-poly, effervescent pianist (nicknamed "Honeydripper" for his youthful prowess around the girls), whose lengthy career spanned the pre-war and postwar eras with no interruption whatsoever. Sykes' romping boogies and hilariously risqué lyrics (his double-entendre gems included "Dirty Mother...
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