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Deborah Coleman

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American blues guitarist, songwriter and singer (1956-2018)

Person · Open Library

Works
1

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  • Towards the Light

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Country
US
Active from
1904-11-21
Active to
1969-05-19

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26,652
Total plays
219,020

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Deborah Coleman (October 3, 1956 - April 12, 2018) was an American blues guitarist, singer and songwriter. She won the Orville Gibson Award for "Best Blues Guitarist, Female" in 2001, and was nominated for a W.C. Handy Blues Music Award nine times. Coleman was born in Portsmouth, Virginia and raised in a music-loving military family that lived in San Diego, San Francisco, Bremerton, Washington, and the Chicago area. With her father playing piano <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Deborah+Colema

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Deborah
Family name
Coleman
Gender
female
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
Portsmouth
Place of death
Q49231
Occupation
guitarist
Languages spoken
English language
Field of work
music composing
Genre
blues
Instrument
voice
Image
Deborah Coleman.jpg
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Commons category
Deborah Coleman
date of birth
1956-10-03
date of death
2018-04-12
cause of death
bronchopneumonia
start of work period
1995-00-00
manner of death
natural causes
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