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Design – Takashi Igarashi. View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 1992 CD release of "King Of The Blues 3" on Discogs.
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Feb 17, 2003 · King of the Blues, Vol. 3 by Furry Lewis released in 2003. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic.
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Throughout the ’50s and ’60s, labels like Brunswick and Folkways, Victor (now RCA), Fontana, Bluesville, Fantasy and, of course, Yazoo, continued to release collections of his tunes, by himself and with others, such as “Alexis Korner Presents Kings of the Blues Vol. 3.
Barclay. Lucky Seven. Universal. Walter E. "Furry" Lewis (March 6, 1893 [1] or 1899 [2] – September 14, 1981) was an American country blues guitarist and songwriter from Memphis, Tennessee. He was one of the earliest of the blues musicians active in the 1920s to be brought out of retirement and given new opportunities to record during the ...
View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 2003 CD release of "Heroes Of The Blues: The Very Best Of Furry Lewis" on Discogs.
Lewis was born in Greenwood, Mississippi and his family moved to Memphis when he was seven. He acquired the nickname “Furry” from childhood playmates. By 1908, he was playing solo at parties, in taverns, and on the street. Furry Lewis was the only blues singer of the 1920s to achieve major media attention in the ’60s and ’70s.
