Junior Parker
USA
Born: 27 May 1932
Died: 18 November 1971
Styles: Electric Memphis Blues, Electric Blues, Memphis Blues, Soul-Blues, Urban Blues, R&B/Soul, Early R&B, Country Blues, Soul
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His velvet-smooth vocal delivery to the contrary, Junior Parker was a product of the fertile postwar Memphis blues circuit whose wonderfully understated harp style was personally mentored by none other than regional icon Sonny Boy Williamson. Herman Parker, Jr. only traveled in the best blues circles from the outset. He learned his initial licks from Williamson and gigged with the mighty Howlin' Wolf while still in his teens. Like so many young blues artists, Little Junior (as he was known then) got his first recording opportunity from talent ...
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