Saturday, April 13, 2013
R.I.P.: Jimmy Dawkins
Chicago bluesman Jimmy "Fast Fingers" Dawkins, known for his stellar guitar playing and mellow singing voice, has died. He was 76.
James Henry Dawkins was born in Tchula, Mississippi. An only child, Dawkins taught himself to play guitar before moving to Chicago in the 1950s.
Dawkins performed a style of music known as the West Side Chicago blues - a mellower sound that reflected his Mississippi roots, instead of the harder-edged sounds of the city's South Side. MORE HERE
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