Junior Wells

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blues musician harmonica player human singer

Junior Wells was an influential American Chicago blues singer and harmonica player known for his energetic performances and collaborations with artists like Buddy Guy.

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Junior Wells canonical 9

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Predicate Object
instanceOf blues musician ⓘ
harmonica player ⓘ
human ⓘ
singer ⓘ
activeYearsEnd 1990s ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1940s ⓘ
associatedAct Buddy Guy ⓘ
Earl Hooker ⓘ
Muddy Waters ⓘ
The Aces ⓘ
birthName Amos Wells Blakemore Jr. ⓘ
causeOfDeath lymphoma ⓘ
collaboratedWith Buddy Guy ⓘ
Muddy Waters ⓘ
The Rolling Stones ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1934-12-09 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1998-01-15 ⓘ
familyName Blakemore ⓘ
genre Chicago blues ⓘ
electric blues ⓘ
givenName Amos ⓘ
influencedGenre Chicago blues ⓘ
instrument harmonica ⓘ
vocals ⓘ
knownFor Chicago blues harmonica style ⓘ
energetic stage performances ⓘ
movedTo Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ
name Junior Wells self-link ⓘ
notableAlbum Buddy Guy & Junior Wells Play the Blues ⓘ
Coming at You ⓘ
Hoodoo Man Blues ⓘ
It's My Life, Baby! ⓘ
On Tap ⓘ
Southside Blues Jam ⓘ
notableWork Hoodoo Man Blues ⓘ
Little by Little ⓘ
Messin' with the Kid ⓘ
occupation harmonica player ⓘ
singer ⓘ
songwriter ⓘ
placeOfBirth Memphis, Tennessee, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ
recordLabel Delmark Records ⓘ
Telarc ⓘ
surface form: Telarc Records

Vanguard Records ⓘ

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Chicago blues → notableArtist → Junior Wells ⓘ
Blues Hall of Fame → notableInductee → Junior Wells ⓘ
Buddy Guy → associatedAct → Junior Wells ⓘ
Checkerboard Lounge → notablePerformer → Junior Wells ⓘ
Junior Wells → name → Junior Wells self-link ⓘ
Little Walter → influenced → Junior Wells ⓘ
Otis Rush → associatedAct → Junior Wells ⓘ
George Guy → associatedAct → Junior Wells ⓘ
subject surface form: George "Buddy" Guy
Blues Brothers 2000: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack → performer → Junior Wells ⓘ