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American musician

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Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
United States
Active from
1921-03-31
Active to
1999-03-07
blueselectric blues

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Lowell Fulson (March 31, 1921 – March 7, 1999) was a big-voiced blues guitarist and songwriter, in the West Coast blues tradition. Fulson was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He also recorded for business reasons as Lowell Fullsom and Lowell Fulsom. After T-Bone Walker, Fulson was the most important figure in West Coast blues in the 1940s and 1950s. According to some sources, Fulson was born on a Choctaw reservation in Oklahoma. Fulson has stated that he is of Cherokee ancestry through his father, but

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Gender
male
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
Tulsa
Place of death
Long Beach
Occupation
songwriter
Languages spoken
English language
Genre
blues
Instrument
guitar
Record label
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date of death
1999-03-06
date of birth
1921-03-31
Commons category
Lowell Fulson
start of work period
1999-00-00
ethnic group
African Americans
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