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Furry Lewis. Biography. Has Influenced. Born March 6, 1893, in Greenwood, Mississippi, Lewis acquired the nickname "Furry" from childhood playmates. At the age of seven he and his family moved to Memphis, where young Lewis took up the guitar under the tutelage of a man whose name he recalled as "Blind Joe." Blind Joe apparently was versed in ...
d. 14 September 1981, Memphis, Tennessee, USA. Walter "Furry" Lewis was a songster, a blues musician, a humorist and an all-round entertainer. Raised in the country, he picked up the guitar at an early age and moved into Memphis around 1900 where he busked on the streets. After he ran away from home, he had experience working on travelling ...
Lewis was born in Greenwood, Mississippi and his family moved to Memphis when he was seven. He acquired the nickname “Furry” from childhood playmates. By 1908, he was playing solo at parties, in taverns, and on the street. Furry Lewis was the only blues singer of the 1920s to achieve major media attention in the ’60s and ’70s.
Furry Lewis - Warm Up [rec. October 3, 1959, previously unissued, Wolf 120.920] Bukka White - Bukka's Jitterbug Swing [OKeh 05625] Peg Leg Howell - Coal Man Blues [Columbia 14194-D] Blind Willie McTell - Southern Can Mama [Columbia 14632-D] Papa Charlie Jackson - Airy Man Blues [Paramount 12219]
Walter E. Lewis. Profile: American country blues singer and guitarist. Born: 6 March 1893 (or 1899), Greenwood, Mississippi, USA. Died: 14 September 1981, Memphis, Tennessee, USA. Lewis began recording on the Vocalion label in 1927. His stamping ground - despite the fact he had lost a leg - was in and around the Memphis scene, such as Pee Wee ...
Walter E. Lewis. Profile: American country blues singer and guitarist. Born: 6 March 1893 (or 1899), Greenwood, Mississippi, USA. Died: 14 September 1981, Memphis, Tennessee, USA. Lewis began recording on the Vocalion label in 1927. His stamping ground - despite the fact he had lost a leg - was in and around the Memphis scene, such as Pee Wee ...
Furry Lewis, pseudonimo di Walter E. Lewis (Greenwood, 6 marzo 1893 – Memphis, 14 settembre 1981), è stato un cantante e chitarrista statunitense. Fu uno dei primi musicisti blues degli anni venti a venire riscoperto e rilanciato con grande successo negli anni sessanta durante il periodo di blues e folk revival.
