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    Career. Seals was born in Osceola, Arkansas, where his father, Jim "Son" Seals, owned a small juke joint, called the Dipsy Doodle Club.He began performing professionally by the age of 13, first as a drummer with Robert Nighthawk and later as a guitarist.

  2. Dec. 22, 2004. Son Seals, a Chicago bluesman whose slash-and-burn guitar solos and raspy voice carried a fierce blues spirit into a new generation, died on Monday in Chicago. He was 62. The cause ...

  3. Jan 11, 2005 · Tony Russell. Mon 10 Jan 2005 19.03 EST. The singer and guitarist Son Seals, who has died aged 62, was not among the most fêted figures in Chicago blues, but, for more than 30 years, he was one ...

  4. Dec 20, 2004 · Son Seals. It all started with a phone call from Wesley Race, who was at the Flamingo Club on Chicago's South Side, to Alligator Records owner Bruce Iglauer. Race was raving about a new find, a young guitarist named…. Read Full Biography. STREAM OR BUY:

  5. May 1, 2000 · But Son was an original, writing most of his own material and playing his guitar with a fierce, raw intensity matched only by his ferocious vocals. Born in Osceola, Arkansas in 1942, Seals grew up immersed in the blues. His childhood home was a few rooms in the back of his father Jim's juke joint, The Dipsy Doodle (famous for blues in the front ...

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  7. Dec 23, 2004 · Son Seals, whose stinging, fluid guitar lines, gruff vocals and engaging stage persona made him a leading figure in Chicago's blues scene since the early 1970s, has died.

  8. Dec 22, 2004 · By I Dec. 22, 2004. Chicago bluesman Son Seals died Dec. 20 in Chicago. He was 62. The critically acclaimed, younger generation guitarist, vocalist and songwriter—credited with redefining Chicago blues for a new audience in the 1970s—was known for his intense, razor-sharp guitar work, gruff singing style and his charismatic stage presence.

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