Blind Simmie Dooley
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Simeon "Blind Simmie" Dooley (July 3, 1881 – January 17, 1961)[1] was an American country blues singer and guitarist.
Biography
Dooley was born in Hartwell, Georgia, United States.[1]
Dooley met Pink Anderson in 1916 and taught him to play guitar. The two played on the street and at parties when Anderson was not traveling with Dr. Kerr's Medicine Show. In 1928 Dooley and Anderson went to Atlanta to record four pieces for Columbia Records. Two were published in the same year, the other two the following year. The records sold well. Anderson was invited to make further recordings without Dooley, however Anderson refused to be without Dooley.
Dooley died from heart disease in Spartanburg, South Carolina, at the age of 79.[1]
Musical style
Blind Gary Davis described Dooley, along with Blind Blake and Blind Willie Davis, as one of the biggest pre-war country blues guitarists.
References
- ^ a b c "1961". Thedeadrockstarsclub.com. Retrieved July 10, 2010.[unreliable source?]
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- 1881 births
- 1961 deaths
- American blues guitarists
- American male guitarists
- American country singer-songwriters
- Country blues singers
- Columbia Records artists
- People from Hartwell, Georgia
- Songwriters from Georgia (U.S. state)
- Guitarists from Georgia (U.S. state)
- 20th-century American singers
- Country musicians from Georgia (U.S. state)
- 20th-century American guitarists
- 20th-century American male musicians