| LC control no. | n 92022236 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Murphy, Matt (Guitarist) |
| Variant(s) | Murphy, Guitar Murphy, Matthew Tyler |
| See also | Corporate body: Original Blues Brothers Band |
| Located | Memphis (Tenn.) Chicago (Ill.) |
| Birth date | 1929-12-28 |
| Death date | 2018-06-15 |
| Place of birth | Sunflower (Sunflower County, Miss.) |
| Place of death | Miami (Fla.) |
| Field of activity | Blues (Music) |
| Profession or occupation | Guitarists Blues musicians |
| Found in | Memphis Slim. Together again one more time [SR] p1990: label (Matt Murphy) notes (guitar) Blues Brothers 2000, p1997: container (Matt "Guitar" Murphy) The Guinness encyclopedia of popular music, 2nd ed. (Murphy, Matt, b. Dec. 27, 1929; guitarist; played with Junior Parker, Bobby "Blue" Bland, Memphis Slim, Sonny Boy Williamson, Aretha Franklin) New York times WWW site, viewed June 20, 2018 (in obituary published June 19: Matt (Guitar) Murphy; b. Matthew Tyler Murphy, Dec. 28, 1929, Sunflower, Miss.; his mother died when he was a youngster, and he and his siblings moved to Memphis; began his career there before moving in the 1950s to Chicago; d. Friday [June 15, 2018], Miami, aged 88; master bluesman who played with Howlin' Wolf, Etta James, Chuck Berry, and Memphis Slim, but was best known as a member of the Blues Brothers band) |
| Not found in | Biog. dict. of jazz; Reclams Jazzführer; Grove jazz; Amerigrove. |
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