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Also known as "Blind Boy" Fuller

American blues guitarist and singer

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Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
United States
Active from
1907-07-10
Active to
1941-02-13
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Blind Boy Fuller (born Fulton Allen) was an American blues guitarist and vocalist. Fuller was born in July 10, 1907 in Wadesboro, North Carolina and died February 13, 1941 in Durham, North Carolina. He played a steel National resonator guitar. As a boy Fuller learned to play the guitar and also learned from older singers the field hollers, country rags, and traditional songs and blues popular in poor, rural areas. It is reported that around 1926 he suffered from ulcerated eyes and became partia

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Family name
Fuller
Gender
male
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
Wadesboro
Place of death
Durham
Occupation
guitarist
Languages spoken
English language
Instrument
guitar
Record label
Decca
Voice type
tenor
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date of birth
1907-07-10
date of death
1941-02-13
medical condition
blindness
start of work period
1928-00-00
name in native language
Blind Boy Fuller
time period
20th century
Commons category
Blind Boy Fuller
ethnic group
African Americans
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