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Jan 30, 2018 · Eddie Shaw Dead at 80. By Don Wilcock January 30, 2018 Updated: April 10, 2020 No Comments 5 Mins Read. If blues fans loved the sax the way they do guitar, Eddie Shaw would have been as famous as Muddy Waters or Buddy Guy. He passed this week less than two months short of his 81st birthday.
Jun 27, 2023 · Eddie Shaw was born on March 20, 1937 in Stringtown, Mississippi. In his teenage years, Shaw played tenor saxophone with local blues musicians, such as Little Milton and Willie Love. At the age of 14, he played in a jam session in Greenville, Mississippi, with Ike Turner’s band.
Eddie Shaw had an unparalleled career as a Chicago blues saxophonist/bandleader in a city where guitar, harmonica and piano players have long ruled the roost.
Feb 18, 2016 · Blues saxophonist Eddie Shaw still leads the band he assembled for Howlin’ Wolf. by Steve Krakow February 18, 2016. Powered by Issuu. Publish for Free.
Eddie Shaw. (b. 1937, Stringtown, Mississippi) One of the principle saxophone players on the Chicago blues scene in the last 50 years – Eddie Shaw. As a young man Eddie recorded with Muddy Waters, and toured with Muddy all over the United States.
Eddie Shaw (March 20, 1937 – January 29, 2018) was an American Chicago blues tenor saxophonist, arranger and bandleader. He led Howlin' Wolf's band, the Wolf Gang, from 1972, both before Wolf's death in 1976 and subsequently.
Feb 2, 2018 · Saxophonist Eddie Shaw, a Mississippi Delta native who played with Howlin’ Wolf and then carried on his legacy by leading the Wolf Gang, died this past Tuesday in Chicago.
