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I play blues old-timey style.

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I grew up hard. I picked cotton and plowed with the mule and fixed the cars and played with the guitar and the piano.

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What I learned I learned on my own. I didn't have much school. Three years.

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I taught myself off records, Memphis Slim, them old piano players, then added to it. Yeah, hard and loud, beat it to pieces.

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What little family I got is in Mississippi. A whole lot of them died before I left, and my sister died a long time ago, before my mama did.

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I play any piano with a good tune.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Musician

Born: July 7th, 1913

Died: March 21st, 2011

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