Otis "Big Smokey" Smothers
(1929-1993)
African American Chicago blues guitarist and singer
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Otis "Big Smokey" Smothers (March 21, 1929 – July 23, 1993) was a Chicago blues guitarist and singer. He was a member of Howlin' Wolf's backing band and worked with Muddy Waters, Jimmy Rogers, Bo Diddley, Ike Turner, J. T. Brown, Freddie King, Little Johnny Jones, Little Walter, and Willie Dixon. His younger brother, Abe (born Albert, January 2, 1939 – November 20, 2010), was the bluesman Little Smokey Smothers, with whom he is sometimes confused.
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21 March 1929 Lexington, Mississippi, United States
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| Died |
23 July 1993 (aged 64) Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
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| Zodiac | Aries |
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