Snooks Eaglin
USA
Born: 21 January 1936
Died: 18 February 2009
Years Active: 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 2000
Styles: Acoustic New Orleans Blues, Acoustic Blues, Country Blues, New Orleans Blues, Electric Blues, New Orleans R&B, Early R&B, R&B/Soul
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When they referred to consistently amazing guitarist Snooks Eaglin as a human jukebox in his New Orleans hometown, they weren't dissing him in the slightest. The blind Eaglin was a beloved figure in the Crescent City, not only for his gritty, Ray Charles-inspired vocal delivery and wholly imaginative approach to the guitar, but for the seemingly infinite storehouse of oldies that he was liable to pull out on-stage at any second -- often confounding his bemused band in the process! His earliest recordings in 1958 for Folkways presented Eaglin as...
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Influenced by
- Ray Charles (49)
- Allen Toussaint (13)
Followers
- Professor Longhair (8)
- Seth Walker (6)
Performed Songs By
- Dave bartholomew (0)
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