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Born: May 27, 1932 in Clarksdale, MS
Years Active: 50 's, 60 's, 70 's
Died: November 18, 1971 in Blue Island, IL
Genre: Blues

Biography:
His velvet-smooth vocal delivery to the contrary, Junior Parker was a product of the fertile postwar Memphis blues circuit whose wonderfully understated harp style was personally mentored by none other than regional icon Sonny Boy Williamson. Herma ...More >>

Discography: 1998 Funny How Time Slips Away [Delta] 1995 Annie Get Your Yo Yo 1974 Junior Parker 1974 Blues for Mr. Crump (Some Tracks) 1973 I Tell Stories Sad and True More >>

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Influenced By: Roy Brown Percy Mayfield Howlin' Wolf Roosevelt Sykes Sonny Boy Williamson [II] More >> Followers: The Blasters Rufus Thomas John Fogerty Sonny Rhodes Casey Jones More >>

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