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Eddie Vinson

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American jump blues, jazz, bebop and R&B alto saxophonist and blues shouter (1917-1988)

United StatesMusiciansLived 1917 to 1988 · aged 70
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Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson was an American jump blues, jazz, bebop and R&B alto saxophonist and blues shouter.

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Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson was an American jump blues, jazz, bebop and R&B alto saxophonist and blues shouter. He was nicknamed "Cleanhead" after an incident in which his hair was accidentally removed by lye contained in a hair-straightening product, necessitating shaving it off; enamoured of the look, Vinson maintained a shaved head thereafter. Music critic Robert Christgau has called Vinson "one of the cleanest, and nastiest, blues voices you'll ever hear."

Country
United States
Category
Musicians
Type
Singer / Musician
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1917 to 1988 · aged 70
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