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Lewis, Furry

also:

 Lewis, Walter  

blues singer, vocals, guitar, harmonica


born: 06 Mar 1893 Greenwood, Mississippi / state, USA Source: 1  

died: 14 Sep 1981 Memphis, Tennessee / state, USA Source: 1  

date of Variety obit: 18 Nov 1981  

The Music Sack has 31 items with information about Furry Lewis:


 1998

Index

The above item is part of :
Larkin, Colin
The encyclopedia of popular music
Third edition
New York: Macmillan, 1998, 8 v.

Number of People : 43,747


 1996

[Artist Index]

The above item is part of :
Ruppli, Michel
The Decca labels. A discography. Volume 6
Record numerical listings & general artist index
Compiled by Michel Ruppli
Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 1996, 958 p.

Number of People : 10,351


 1994

Gregory, Hugh
1000 Great guitarists : rock, jazz, country, funk ...
London: Balafon Books, 1994, 164 p.

Number of People : 984


 1994

Sonnier, Austin M.
A guide to the blues : history, who's who, research sources
Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 1994, 287 p.

Number of People : 346


 1992

Debord, Brigitte
Herzhaft, Gerard
Encyclopedia of the blues
Translated by Brigitte Debord
Fayetteville: University of Arkansas Press, 1992, 513 p.

Number of People : 338


 1992

Larkin, Colin
The Guinness encyclopedia of popular music
Edited by Colin Larkin
Enfield, Middlesex: Guinness Publishing, 1992, 4V p.

Number of People : 5,680

More Details : (1 Section)


 1990

Arniac, Jean-Pierre
Encyclopedie du blues
Photographies de Jean-Pierre Arniac
Paris: Segherss, 1990

Number of People : 358


 1989 Source: 1

Clarke, Donald
The Penguin encyclopedia of popular music
Edited by Donald Clarke
London: Viking, 1989, 1378 p.

Number of People : 4,498


 1989

Barlow, William
Looking up at down
The emergence of blues culture
Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1989, 404 p.

Number of People : 83


 1983

Sandmel, Ben
Delta Blues Festival Tributes : Furry Lewis.
Living Blues no. 57 (Autumn 1983):25.

Number of People : 1


 1982

Furry Lewis, 1927-1929.
Collector's Items no. 14 (October 1982):21.

Number of People : 1


 1982

Evans, David
Walter "Furry" Lewis, 1893-1981.
Living Blues no. 52 (Spring 1982):55.

Number of People : 1


 1982

Doering, Teddy (compiler)
Diskografie : Furry Lewis.
Blues Forum [W.Germany] no. 6 (2nd quarter 1982) :20-21.

Number of People : 1


 1982

Doering, Teddy
Furry Lewis.
Blues Forum [W.Germany] no. 5 (1st quarter 1982):7-9.

Number of People : 1


 1981

Palmer, Robert
Furry Lewis, a Gentle Giant of Blues.
New York Times, 23 September 1981, sec. 3, p. 26.

Number of People : 1


 1981

Walter "Furry" Lewis.
New York Times, 15 September 1981, sec. 4, p. 31.

Number of People : 1


 1981

Yale, Andrew
Furry Lewis : a Tribute.
Memphis 6, no. 9 (December 1981):52-56, 58.

Number of People : 1


 1981

Clayton, Rose
Furry Lewis, 1893-1981.
Rolling Stone no. 355 (29 October 1981):49.

Number of People : 1


 1981

In Memoriam : Walter "Furry" Lewis.
Guitar Player 15, no. 12 (December 1981):14.

Number of People : 1


 1981

Southern, Eileen
Biographical dictionary of Afro-American and African musicians
Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 1981, 478 p.

Number of People : 1,184


 1981

McKee, Margaret
Chisenhall, Fed
Beale black & blue : life and music on black America's Main Street
By Margaret McKee and Fed Chisenhall
Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1981, 265 p.

Number of People : 14


 1980

Index

The above item is part of :
Perry, Jeb H.
Variety obits. An index to obituaries in Variety, 1905-1978
Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press, 1980, 311 p.

Number of People : 101,729


 1979

Harris, Sheldon
Blues who's who
A biographical dictionary of blues singers
New Rochelle, New York: Arlington House, 1979, 775 p.

Number of People : 560


 1977

Charters, Samuel Barclay
Sweet as the showers of rain : the bluesman
Vol. II
New York: Oak Publications, 1977, 178 p.

Number of People : 21


 1974

Dawson, Walter
Act Naturally : Furry Lewis and Big Burt.
Rolling Stone no. 168 (29 August 1974) :22.

Number of People : 1


 1971

Bogaert, Karel
Blues Lexicon : blues, Cajun, boogie woogie, gospel
Antwerp: Standaard Uitgeverij, 1971, 480 p.

Number of People : 556


 1970

Booth, Stanley
Furry's Blues.
Playboy 17, no. 4 (1970):100-02, 104, 114, 193-94.

Number of People : 1


 1969

Surge, Frank
Singers of the Blues
      Rev.:
Jazz & Pop 8 (April/May 1969):75
Minneapolis: Lerner, 1969. 63 p.

Number of People : 12


 undated

Calt, Stephen
Furry Lewis in his Prime 1927-1928
Yazoo 1050, n.d

Number of People : 1


 undated

Charters, Samuel Barclay
Furry Lewis : Done Changed My Mind
Prestige/Bluesville BV-1037, n.d

Number of People : 1


 undated

Charters, Samuel Barclay
Furry Lewis : Back on My Feet Again
Prestige/Bluesville BV-1036, n.d

Number of People : 1


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