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Eddie Shaw (March 20, 1937 – January 29, 2018) [1] was an American Chicago blues tenor saxophonist, arranger and bandleader. He led Howlin' Wolf's band, the Wolf Gang, from 1972, both before Wolf's death in 1976 and subsequently.
Jan 30, 2018 · Eddie Shaw Dead at 80. If blues fans loved the sax the way they do guitar, Eddie Shaw would have been as famous as Muddy Waters or Buddy Guy. He passed this week less than two months short of his 81st birthday.
Eddie Shaw (March 20, 1937 – January 29, 2018) was an American Chicago blues tenor saxophonist, arranger and bandleader. He led Howlin' Wolf's band, the Wolf Gang, from 1972, both...
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Jan 31, 2018 · When Chicago blues musician Eddie Shaw played his saxophone, the room seemed to quake. His immense, raspy, growling sound cut through the instrumentals surrounding him.
Jan 17, 2022 · May 3 became Eddie Shaw Day in Chicago, by proclamation of Mayor Rahm Emanuel in 2014. In 2014, Shaw was inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame. Shaw died in January 2018 in Chicago of natural ...
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A multiple Blues Music Award winner and perpetual nominee in the Instrumentalist–Horn category, Shaw blew his industrial-strength sax with the likes of Howlin’ Wolf, Muddy Waters and Magic Sam.
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Jan 29, 2018 · Eddie Shaw. When it comes to blues, Chicago's strictly a guitar and harmonica town. Saxophonists who make a living leading a blues band in the Windy City are scarce as hen's teeth. But Eddie Shaw did precisely that…. Read Full Biography.
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