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Eddy Clearwater

Background information
Birth name Edward Harrington
Also known as Guitar Eddy, Clear Waters, The Chief
Born January 10, 1935
Origin Macon, Mississippi
Genre(s) Chicago blues
Electric blues
Occupation(s) Musician, singer
Instrument(s) Vocals, six-string guitar
Years active 1953—
Associated acts Ronnie Baker Brooks, Lonnie Brooks, Muddy Waters, Carey Bell
Website eddyclearwater.com

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He left Mississippi at the age of 13, settled in Chicago a few years later and took up guitar, listening with special attention to Magic Slim and Chuck Berry. Magic Slim (born Morris Holt, 7 August 1937, Granada, Mississippi) is a Blues Singer and Guitarist Charles Edward Anderson "Chuck" Berry (born October 18 1926 in St [2]

Rooster Blues' 1980 release of The Chief announced that Clearwater's ascendancy to Chicago blues stardom was officially underway. Two encores for Rooster Blues, Help Yourself (1992) and Mean Case of the Blues (1996), cemented Clearwater's reputation. He became known as a masterful blues showman whose principal goal is to provide his fans with a real good time. Cool Blues Walk followed in 1998, followed by Chicago Daily Blues the next year, with Reservation Blues released in mid 2000. [3]

Clearwater is married to his manager, Renee Greenman. NOTICE TO WOULD-BE ROMEOS ************** Management (covering theory practice and scope of management and Manager' (covering the people who manage might help clarify and systematise Together they once owned Reservation Blues, a Wicker Park (Chicago) blues bar and restaurant. Neighborhoods Wicker Park RJ Reynolds Tobacco Company --> Wicker Park is a Chicago neighborhood northwest of the It is no longer in operation.

On 8 January 1997 Clearwater underwent successful triple heart bypass surgery. Coronary artery bypass surgery, also coronary artery bypass graft surgery, and colloquially heart bypass or bypass surgery is a surgical procedure [4]

In 2004, he was nominated for a Grammy Award with Los Straitjackets for their collaboration, Rock 'N' Roll City. The Grammy Awards (originally called the Gramophone Awards)—or Grammys —are presented annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences Los Straitjackets is an Instrumental Rock and roll group Members include Guitarists Eddie Angel and Danny Amis Bassist Pete Curry and

His much anticipated 2008 album West Side Strut has been described as "the very best album of his life". [5]

Name and relations

Discography

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Eddy Clearwater's profile on his official website
  2. ^ a b c Russell, Tony (1997). The Kingston Mines is a Blues Nightclub located in Chicago, Illinois. Chicago blues is a form of Blues music that developed in Chicago Illinois in the 1950s by taking the basic acoustic guitar and Harmonica -based The Electric blues is a type of Blues music distinguished by the amplification of the Guitar, the Bass guitar, and/or the Harmonica Debuting in 1973 the San Francisco Blues Festival is the longest running Blues festival in the United States. The Blues: From Robert Johnson to Robert Cray. Dubai: Carlton Books Limited, p. 102. ISBN 1-85868-255-X.  
  3. ^ All Music Guide biography - accessed February 2008
  4. ^ Blues on Stage website details - accessed February 2008
  5. ^ Amazon.com: West Side Strut: Eddy Clearwater: Music
  6. ^ Eddy "The Chief" Clearwater
  7. ^ Blues Lyrics on line website - accessed February 2008

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