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Barbecue Bob (Robert Hicks, Walnut Grove, Georgia, September 11, 1902 – Lithonia, Georgia, October 21, 1931) was an American Piedmont blues musician. He used a bottleneck regularly on his 12-string guitar, playing in an elemental style that relied on an open Spanish tuning reminiscent of Charley Patton. He had a strong voice that he embellished with growling and falsetto, and a percussive singing style. His nickname came from the fact that he was a cook in a barbecue restaurant. <a href="https:
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- Place of death
- Lithonia
- Occupation
- musician
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- blues
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Columbia Records
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- start of work period
- 1931-00-00
- date of birth
- 1902-09-11
- date of death
- 1931-10-21
- manner of death
- natural causes
- cause of death
- tuberculosis
- pseudonym
- Barbecue Bob
- writing language
- English language
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