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Elvin Bishop, born October 21, 1942, is an American blues and rock and roll musician and guitarist. Remembered by many these days as a founding member of the groundbreaking Paul Butterfield Blues Band, Elvin Bishop has also tasted pop success with his 1976 smash hit “Fooled Around and Fell In Love.” Bishop’s long and varied career has included other musical stops along the way as well, from deep down gutbucket blues played in smoky South Side Chicago taverns, to raucous roadhouse R&B, to rolli
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Elvin
- Family name
- Bishop
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Glendale
- Occupation
- recording artist
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Field of work
- blues
- Genre
- blues
- Instrument
- guitar
- Record label
- Blind Pig Records
- Official website
- www.elvinbishopmusic.com
- Image
- Elvin Bishop 2010 (cropped).jpg
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- Elvin Bishop
- date of birth
- 1942-10-21
- start of work period
- 1963-00-00
- copyright representative
- American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers
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