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Townsend was born Henry Jesse James Townsend in Shelby, Mississippi [1] to Allen and Omelia Townsend. His father was a blues musician who played guitar and accordion. When Henry was young, his family moved near Cairo, Illinois. [2] Henry left home at the age of nine because of his abusive father and hoboed his way to St. Louis, Missouri. [3]
Sep 24, 2006 · Influenced by Roosevelt Sykes and Lonnie Johnson, Henry Townsend was a commanding musician, adept on both piano and guitar. During the '20s and '30s, Townsend was one of the musicians that helped make… Read Full Biography
Henry Townsend was born October 27, 1909, in Shelby, Mississippi, the third son of Allen and Omelia Townsend. Allen played guitar and accordion and sang blues. When Henry was young, his family moved to Future City, Illinois, a notorious shantytown near the rail and river town of Cairo. After a series of confrontations with his father, who had a ...
Henry Townsend, the only blues artist to have recorded during every decade from the 1920s to the 2000s, was born in Shelby on October 27, 1909. A longtime resident of St. Louis, where he was hailed as a patriarch of the local blues scene, Townsend died on September 24, 2006. Other performers from the Shelby area have included singers Erma ...
Sep 29, 2006 · Blues guitarist Henry “Mule” Townsend, who fled home for St. Louis as a boy and then stayed for a prolific career that spanned eight decades, has died. He was 96. Townsend died Sunday of ...
Henry Townsend, who was inspired by Roosevelt Sykes, Lonnie Johnson and other musicians, was a master musician and adept at both guitar and piano. Townsend was a key figure in the establishment of St. Louis as a blues center during the ’20s u0026 ’30s. Townsend arrived in St. Louis at the age of ten, just before the onset of ’20s.
HENRY TOWNSEND. St. Louis was a big Blues town in the 20s and 30s, and Mississippi born Henry was at the epicentre of the scene there. A fine singer, he recorded with his open-tuned slide guitar for Columbia in 1929 and Paramount in 1931. He taught himself to play piano and became one of the city’s most versatile performers.
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