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Parker, Bobby, 1937-2013

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Personal name headingParker, Bobby, 1937-2013
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Variant(s)Parker, Robert Lee, 1937-2013
Birth date19370831
Death date20131101
Place of birthLafayette (La.)
Place of deathBowie (Md.)
Field of activityBlues (Music) Rock music
Profession or occupationGuitarist Singer Songwriter
Found inBlues train [SR] p1998: container (Bobby Parker) insert (guitar and vocal)
All Music Guide WWW site, Nov. 12, 2001 (Bobby Parker; b. Aug. 31, 1937, Lafayette, LA; blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter)
Wikipedia, Nov. 4, 2013 (Bobby Parker; born August 31, 1937 in Lafayette, La.; died November 1, 2013; Robert Lee Parker, was an American blues-rock guitarist, singer and songwriter. By the early 1960s, he had settled into living in the Washington, D.C. area and played at blues clubs there)
Washington city paper, Nov. 4, 2013 article dated Nov. 4, 2013 ( Bobby Parker, the massively talented but under-recognized blues-rock guitarist known for his landmark 1961 cut "Watch Your Step," died last Thursday at Bowie Health Center in Bowie, Md. He was 76.)
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