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Willie Kent

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American musician (1936-2006)

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Vinony files it under 1936 births, 2006 deaths and 20th-century American bass guitarists.

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Person · Open Library

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Music · MusicBrainz

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Group
Origin
Sweden
Active from
1993
Active to
2016-12-17
alternativealternative rockeuropeanindieindie rockpop

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Listeners · Last.fm

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6,733
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bluesChicago Bluesmale vocalistsacousticslide guitar

WILLIE KENT was born in 1936 in the small town of Inverness, Mississippi, just a hundred miles south of the border with Tennessee, and the blues ran all through his childhood. His first experience singing came in church, where he went "all the time" with his mother and brother. "Blues and gospel come from the same place," he would say later in life. "They're both from the heart." But the blues always called to him. Dewitt Munson, a neighbor wending homeward late nights with a guitar in his han

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date of birth
1936-02-24
date of death
2006-03-02
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