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Born 1897, died 1945
Was blinded by his stepmother because his father had beaten her when he found her with another man. He was seven years old at the time. She threw lye in his face.
Only one photograph of him exists. It was included in a 1927 Columbia records album. It is the only visual record of him that survives.
Influential African American spiritual guitarist who recorded 30 sides between December 3rd, 1927, and April 20th, 1930.
His wife Angeline recorded several tracks with him in the late 1920s. Nothing is known about her. |
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