| LC control no. | no2002059696 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Sims, Henry, 1890-1958 |
| Variant(s) | Sims, Son, 1890-1958 Simms, Henry, 1890-1958 Simms, Son, 1890-1958 |
| See also | Corporate body: Son Simms Four |
| Associated country | United States |
| Associated place | Delta (Miss. : Region) |
| Birth date | 1890-08-22 |
| Death date | 1958-12-23 |
| Place of birth | Anguilla (Miss.) |
| Place of death | Memphis (Tenn.) |
| Field of activity | String band music Blues (Music) |
| Affiliation | Mississippi Corn Shuckers |
| Profession or occupation | Fiddlers Blues musicians Composers |
| Found in | Violin, sing the blues for me [SR] p1999: container (Henry Sims) insert (Henry Sims; Son; b. 1890, Anguilla, Miss.) OCLC database, July 5, 2002 (hdg.: Sims, Henry) Patton, C. Founder of the Delta blues, 1929-1934 [SR] p1995: insert (Henry Sims (1890-1958); fiddler, Clarksdale string band musician) Wikipedia, April 14, 2017 (Henry "Son" Sims; born August 22, 1890, Anguilla, Mississippi; died December 23, 1958, Memphis, Tennessee; American Delta blues fiddler and songwriter; best known as an accompanist for Charley Patton and the young Muddy Waters; also leader of the Mississippi Corn Shuckers, a rural string ensemble) Encylopedia of the blues, 2006 (Sims, Henry "Son"; born August 22, 1890, Anguilla, MS; died December 23, 1958, Memphis, TN; multi-instrumentalist around the Mississippi Delta; in 1922 near Clarksdale, he formed a string band, the Son Sims Four; recorded about 6 sides on fiddle behind Charley Patton in 1930, and 4 sides of his own at the same sessions; also performed with Muddy Waters) Find-a-grave WWW site, April 14, 2017 (Henry "Son" Sims; born Aug. 22, 1890, Anguilla, Sharkey County, Mississippi; died Dec. 23, 1958, Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee; blues musician best known for his association with early blues legend Charley Patton, and later a young guitarist and singer named McKinley Morganfield, who would later go on to fame as recording artist Muddy Waters) Living blues WWW site, April 14, 2017: #231 (Henry "Son" Simms; Delta blues fiddler and guitarist who recorded with the eminent Charley Patton in 1930 and McKinley "Muddy Waters" Morganfield in the early 1940s; buried at the Shufordville Historical Cemetery, Lyon, Mississippi; name appears on headstone as "Hemry Simms"; performed with his string band, the Mississippi Cornshuckers, which later became known as the Son Simms Four, backing McKinley Morganfield (Muddy Waters) during the 1940s) <http://digital.livingblues.com/article/Henry+%E2%80%9CSon%E2%80%9D+Simms/1722460/211273/article.html> |
| Not found in | Enc. of pop. mus., 3rd ed.; Santelli, R. Big book of blues, 2001; Harris, S. Blues ww, c1979; RootsWeb.com WWW site, July 8, 2002, Social Security death index (cannot identify with any of 5 Henry Sims b. 1890) |
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