Peg Leg Howell

✶March 5, 1888

†August 11, 1966

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About their life

Joshua Barnes Howell, known as Peg Leg Howell, was an American blues singer-songwriter and guitarist, who connected early country blues and the later 12-bar style. He was one of the first recorded artists of the Atlanta blues scene during the pre-war period, and he was also one of the first blues musicians to ever make a race record.

African American blues singer and guitarist (1888–1966)

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Biography from the article Peg Leg Howell on the English Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.