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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 before Wolf's death in 1976 and subsequently.
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.
Mar 22, 2021 · 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...
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 ...
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.
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.
Jun 27, 2023 · Eddie Shaw was born on March 20, 1937 in Stringtown, Mississippi. In his teenage years, Shaw played tenor saxophone with local blues musicians, such as Little Milton and Willie Love. At the age of 14, he played in a jam session in Greenville, Mississippi, with Ike Turner’s band.
Oct 26, 2000 · EDDIE SHAW & THE WOLF GANG. Saxophonist Eddie Shaw moved to Chicago in the late 50s to play in Muddy Waters’s band, and in the years that followed he worked with Freddie King, Otis Rush, and...
Jazz musician Eddie Shaw's bio, concert & touring information, albums, reviews, videos, photos and more.
Eddie Shaw (March 20, 1937 – January 29, 2018) was an American Chicago blues tenor saxophonist, arranger and bandleader. He was born in Stringtown, Mississippi. He led Howlin' Wolf 's band, the Wolf Gang, from 1972, both before Wolf's death in 1976.
