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Scrapper Blackwell

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Also known as Francis Hillman Blackwell, Francis Blackwell

American blues guitarist and singer (1903–1962)

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Type
Person
Country
US
Active from
1903-02-21
Active to
1962-10-07

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bluesguitarpre-war bluesrhythm and bluescountry blues

Francis Hillman "Scrapper" Blackwell (February 21, 1903 – October 7, 1962) was an American blues guitarist and singer, best known as half of the guitar-piano duo Leroy Carr & Scrapper Blackwell, he formed with Leroy Carr, in the late 1920s and early 1930s. He was an acoustic single-note picker in the Chicago blues and Piedmont blues styles. Some critics have noted that he veered towards jazz. Blackwell was born in Syracuse, South Carolina, one of sixteen children of Payton and Elizabeth Blackwe

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