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James Edward "Snooky" Pryor (September 15, 1919 or 1921 – October 18, 2006) was an American Chicago blues harmonica player. [3] [4] He claimed to have pioneered the now-common method of playing amplified harmonica by cupping a small microphone in his hands along with the harmonica, although on his earliest records, in the late ...
Tracks0:00 Keep What You Got2:15 Stockyard Blues5:03 Boogie7:21 Telephone Blues10:06 Let Me Ride Your Mule12:46 My Baby Walked Out On Me15:42 Fine Boogie18:4...
- 54 min
- 2010
- Ab Borburgh
Album, Reissue, Remastered. View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 1987 CD release of "Snooky" on Discogs.
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Snooky Pryor, was one of the pioneers of the classic Chicago blues of the post-World War II era, a byproduct of the migratory wave of musicians from Mississippi and the Deep South who changed the sound of the city with their electrified update of Delta blues.
Oct 18, 2021 · Snooky Pryor was a true pioneer of the postwar harmonica blues sound. Born in Lambert, Mississippi on September 15, 1921, James Edward Pryor took up the harp at the age of 14 despite the objections of his minister father, copping licks from old Sonny Boy Williamson 78's.
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Snooky by Snooky Pryor released in 1987. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic.
