Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson
(1917-1988)
American jump blues, jazz, bebop and R&B alto saxophonist and blues shouter
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Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson (born Edward L. Vinson Jr.; December 18, 1917 – July 2, 1988) was an American jump blues, jazz, bebop and R&B alto saxophonist and blues shouter. He was nicknamed "Cleanhead" after an incident in which his hair was accidentally removed by lye contained in a hair-straightening product, necessitating shaving it off; enamoured of the look, Vinson maintained a shaved head thereafter. Music critic Robert Christgau has called Vinson "one of the cleanest, and nastiest, blues voices you'll ever hear."
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18 December 1917 Houston, Texas, United States
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| Died |
2 July 1988 (aged 70) Los Angeles, California, United States
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| Zodiac | Sagittarius |
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