LC control no. | no2006132157 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Personal name heading | Watkins, Beverly "Guitar" |
Variant(s) | Watkins, Beverly, 1939-2019 Watkins, Guitar, 1939-2019 |
Associated country | United States |
Located | Commerce (Ga.) Atlanta (Ga.) |
Birth date | 1939-04-06 |
Death date | 2019-10-01 |
Place of birth | Atlanta (Ga.) |
Field of activity | Blues (Music) |
Profession or occupation | Blues musicians Guitarists Singers Composers |
Found in | Blues guitar women [SR] p2005: container (Beverly "Guitar" Watkins) insert (Beverley [sic] "Guitar" Watkins; from Atlanta) All music guide WWW site, Dec. 7, 2006 (Beverly "Guitar" Watkins; Georgia-based guitarist, singer, and songwriter; b. Atlanta, GA) Beverly "Guitar" Watkins WWW site, Dec. 7, 2006: bio (Beverly "Guitar" Watkins; 59 years old; article c2005) Wikipedia, June 1, 2018 (Beverly Watkins; Beverly "Guitar" Watkins; born April 6, 1939, Atlanta, Georgia; around age 12, moved with family to Commerce, Georgia; American blues guitarist; performed with Piano Red (aka Doctor Feelgood) until 1965; lives in Atlanta Music Maker Foundation WWW site, June 1, 2018: Artists (Bevely "Guitar" Watkins; "Guitar" Watkins; electric blues guitarist) <https://musicmaker.org/artists/beverly-guitar-watkins/> Atlanta journal-constitution WWW site, viewed Oct. 7, 2019 (in obituary dated Oct 01, 2019: Atlanta blues musician Beverly Hayes Watkins, 80, whose blistering licks on a 1962 red Fender Mustang earned her the well-deserved nickname "Guitar," died Tuesday morning [Oct. 1, 2019]; born at Atlanta's Grady Hospital April 6, 1939) |