Pee Wee Crayton
USA
Born: 18 December 1914
Died: 25 June 1985
Years Active: 40, 50, 60, 70, 80
Styles: Early R&B, R&B/Soul, Electric Texas Blues, Electric Blues, Texas Blues, West Coast Blues, Jump Blues/Piano Blues, Urban Blues
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Although he was certainly inexorably influenced by the pioneering electric guitar conception of T-Bone Walker (what axe-handler wasn't during the immediate postwar era?), Pee Wee Crayton brought enough daring innovation to his playing to avoid being labeled as a mere T-Bone imitator. Crayton's recorded output for Modern, Imperial, and Vee-Jay contains plenty of dazzling, marvelously imaginative guitar work, especially on stunning instrumentals such as "Texas Hop," "Pee Wee's Boogie," and "Poppa Stoppa," all far more aggressive performances than...
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