| LC control no. | no 96040993 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Barbecue Bob, 1902-1931 |
| Variant(s) | Bob, Barbecue, 1902-1931 Hicks, Robert, 1902-1931 Hicks, Barbecue Bob, 1902-1931 Barbeque Bob, 1902-1931 |
| Associated country | Atlanta (Ga.) |
| Birth date | 1902-09-11 |
| Death date | 1931-10-21 |
| Place of birth | Walton County (Ga.) |
| Place of death | Atlanta (Ga.) Lithonia (Ga.) |
| Field of activity | Blues (Music) |
| Affiliation | Georgia Cotton Pickers |
| Profession or occupation | Blues musicians Singers Guitarists |
| Found in | Early downhome blues [SR] 1994: insert (Barbecue Bob) Titon, J.T. Early downhome blues, c1994: p. 103, etc. (Barbecue Bob (Robert Hicks); b. 1902, Walton Co., Ga.; d. Oct. 21, 1931, Atlanta; vocalist and guitarist) Before the blues [SR] p1996: container (Barbecue Bob) insert (Barbecue Bob Hicks) Banker's blues [SR] p2009: label (Barbecue Bob) container (Barbeque Bob) Encyclopedia of popular music, accessed online via Oxford Reference, April 2, 2018 (Barbecue Bob; born Robert Hicks, September 11, 1902, Walton County, Georgia; died October 21, 1931, Lithonia, Georgia; moved to Atlanta in 1924, where he worked at a barbecue, which gave him his pseudonym; made his first records in 1927, beginning a successful recording career that lasted just four years but produced over 50 tracks of fine blues; in 1930, he recorded as part of the Georgia Cotton Pickers, with Curley Weaver and Buddy Moss, and he also appeared as accompanist on Nellie Florence's single 1929 session; one of the principal figures on the Atlanta blues scene of the time) |
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