Washington Phillips
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- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United Kingdom
- Active from
- 1951-12-23
contemporary folkprogressive rocksymphonic prog
Discography
- The Geese & the Ghost1977
- Private Parts & Pieces1978
- Wise After the Event1978
- Sides1979
- Private Parts & Pieces II: Back to the Pavilion1980
- 19841981
- Private Parts & Pieces Part III: Antiques1982
- Private Parts & Pieces IV: A Catch at the Tables1984
- Private Parts and Pieces V: Twelve1985
- Private Parts and Pieces VI: Ivory Moon1986
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gospelbluescountry bluesmississippitexas
Washington Phillips (January 11, 1880 – September 20, 1954) was a Texan gospel singer and musician. Phillips died in 1954 in Teague, Texas. Phillips recorded eighteen songs, all between 1927 and 1929, though only sixteen survived. Some of his songs amount to highly specific and detailed gospel sermons, featuring Phillips' voice self-accompanied by an instrument that sounds like a fretless zither. This instrument, which has been variously identified as a Dolceola <a href="https://www.last.fm/mus
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- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Phillips
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Texas
- Place of death
- Teague
- Occupation
- recording artist
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Columbia Records
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- Washington Phillips.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1880-01-11
- date of death
- 1954-09-20
- manner of death
- accidental death
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