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Shaw, Eddie, 1937-2018

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Personal name headingShaw, Eddie, 1937-2018
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See alsoCorporate body: Wolf Gang (Musical group)
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Associated countryUnited States
Birth date1937-03-20
Death date2018-01-29
Place of birthBenoit (Miss.)
Stringtown (Miss.)
Field of activityBlues (Music)
Profession or occupationBlues musicians Singers Saxophonists Composers Arrangers (Musicians) Band directors
Special noteDo not confuse with rock musician and author Thomas Edward Shaw also known as Eddie Shaw.
Found inHis King of the road [SR] p1985: labels (Eddie Shaw) container (singer, songwriter, blues saxophonist)
Guinness encyc. of popular music, 1992 (hdg.: Shaw, Eddie; b. Benoit, Miss., 03-20-37)
Wikipedia, March 21, 2017 (Eddie Shaw; born March 20, 1937, Stringtown, Mississippi; American Chicago blues tenor saxophonist; played with Muddy Waters and in 1972 joined Howlin' Wolf, leading his band, the Wolf Gang, and writing half the songs on The back door Wolf (1973))
Wikipedia, January 31, 2018 (Eddie Shaw; born March 20, 1937, Stringtown, Mississippi, died January 29, 2018; American Chicago blues tenor saxophonist, arranger, and bandleader)