Scrapper Blackwell
(1903-1962)
American blues guitarist and singer
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Francis Hillman "Scrapper" Blackwell (February 21, 1903 – October 7, 1962) was an American blues guitarist and singer, best known as half of the guitar-piano duo he formed with Leroy Carr in the late 1920s and early 1930s. He was an acoustic single-note picker in the Chicago blues and Piedmont blues styles. Some critics have noted that he veered towards jazz.
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21 February 1903 Syracuse, North Carolina, United States
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7 October 1962 (aged 59) Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, US
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