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Katie Webster
Sign in to saveAlso known as Swamp Boogie Queen, Kathryn Jewel Thorne Webster
American boogie-woogie pianist, organist, "electric blues" vocalist, and harmonica player
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 4
Top works
- Stuff I Can't Remember
- Sensational Self Journal
- It's Me, Mckenzie!
- Maple
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1936
- Active to
- 1999
Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 33,819
- Total plays
- 182,465
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Katie Webster (born Kathryn Jewel Thorne, 11 January 1936 – 5 September 1999) was an American boogie-woogie pianist. Her place of birth is listed as Houston, Texas. She is acknowledged as one of the most important blues artists of her generation. Webster was initially best known as a session musician behind Louisiana musicians on the Excello and Goldband record labels, such as Lightnin' Slim and Lonesome Sundown. She also played piano with Otis Redding in the 1960s, but after his death, went i
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Webster
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Houston
- Place of death
- League City
- Occupation
- singer
- Genre
- electric blues
- Instrument
- organ
- Image
- Katie Webster.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1936-01-11
- date of death
- 1999-09-05
- Commons category
- Katie Webster
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