Floyd Dixon
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- 47%Big Mama Thornton
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Biography
8 February 1929, Marshall, Texas, USA, d. 26 July 2006, Los Angeles, California, USA. Dixon, aka J. Riggins Jnr., began playing piano and singing as a child, absorbing every influence from gospel and blues to jazz, and even hillbilly. In 1942 his family moved to Los Angeles and he came into contact with fellow ex-Texan Charles Brown who, sensing Dixon’s potential, introduced him to his brand of cool, jazzy night club blues as singer and pianist with Johnny Moore’s Three Blazers. When... Read more
Genres
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blues
rhythm and blues
classic blues
west coast blues
rnb
blues
rhythm and blues
classic blues
west coast blues
rnb
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