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Mose Vinson

voc, p, 1917-2002 US, Holly Springs, Mississippi
Singer / Musician of Blues, Folk and World

Vinson was a blues and jazz pianist born c. 1917 in Holly Springs, Mississippi. Vinson's recording career didn't take off until the 1950s, when he was discovered by Sam Phillips (2) while working as a janitor at Phillip's Sun Record Company in Memphis. In the 1980's, Vinson taught and performed regularly at the Center for Southern Folklore, which finally released his first full-length album in 1997. Vinson died from complications due to diabetes in November, 2002.

     
Instruments
  • Vocals
  • Piano
  • Double bass
Genres
  • Blues
  • Folk
  • World
  • R&B/Soul
Popular Tracks   
Big Legged Woman on The Story Of Piano Blues - From The Country To The City by Various Artists
Forty Four Blues on Sun Records Originals: 52 Buried Blues Treasures by Various Artists
Blues Won't Let Me Rest on The Story Of Piano Blues - From The Country To The City by Various Artists
Cold Chills on The Story Of Piano Blues - From The Country To The City by Various Artists
Just a Closer Walk With Thee on Blues At Home 1 by Van Hunt, Mose Vinson & Sweet Charlene
Everyday I Have The Blues on The Story Of Piano Blues - From The Country To The City by Various Artists
Why Do You Have to Cry on Mr. Boogie Woogie: The Music of Mose Vinson by Mose Vinson
Just a Closer Walk with Thee on Mr. Boogie Woogie: The Music of Mose Vinson by Mose Vinson
Five Long Years on The Story Of Piano Blues - From The Country To The City by Various Artists
When My First Wife Left Me on The Story Of Piano Blues - From The Country To The City by Various Artists

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Discography
Title Artist Year Type
Memphis Piano Blues TodayMose Vinson, Booker T. Laury2016Compil.
Piano ManMose Vinson1997Album
The Be-Bop BoyJoe Hill Louis With Walter Horton And Mose Vinson1992Compil.
Fourty-four Blues - Piano Blues And Boogie Vol.1Mose Vinson, Van Hunt, Jabo Williams, Wallace Pinetop Johnson1979Album
Tennessee Blues Vol. 2Dewey Corley / Mose Vinson1975Album
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