ArtistInfo

Lefty Dizz

g, voc, h, 1937-1993 US, Osceola, Arkansas
Singer / Musician of Blues
A.k.a. Walter Williams Walter Williams (10)

Lefty Dizz (April 29, 1937 – September 7, 1993) was an American Chicago blues guitarist and singer whose recorded work appeared on eight albums.He is best known for fronting his own band, Shock Treatment, and his work with Junior Wells, J. B. Lenoir and Hound Dog Taylor. One commentator noted that "for wild-ass showmen in blues history ... one would certainly have to go a far piece to beat Lefty Dizz". Lefty Dizz favoured a right-handed Fender Stratocaster, which he played with his left hand, hence the first part of his stage name. Versions pertaining to the second part range from him playing the trumpet in the style of Dizzy Gillespie, to the nickname being given by Hound Dog Taylor & the HouseRockers' drummer Ted Harvey, referring to "playing jazz in the alley".

Instruments

• Guitar
• Vocals
• Harmonica

Genres

• Blues
• Rock
• Pop
• Soundtrack

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