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American blues singer and guitarist. Married three times, to Joe McCoy (aka Kansas Joe), Casey Bill Weldon, and Ernest Lawlers (aka Little Son Joe) Born : June 03, 1897 in Algiers, Louisiana. Died : August 06, 1973 in Memphis, Tennessee.
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