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Robert McCoy

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Singer / Musician of Blues

Robert McCoy is an Alabama bluesman singer/barrelhouse pianist. He was born in the small town of Aliceville, AL, on March 31th, 1910, but moved to Birmingham when only a baby and ended up spending the rest of his life there. McCoy's first recordings as a leader came in the 1930s, a decade that found him working with Jaybird Coleman and Guitar Slim (2) as well as James Sherell, aka Peanut The Kidnapper. He continued to sing and play the piano on the side in the 1940s and 1950s. It wasn't until the early 1960s that he returned to professional recording. In 1961, McCoy came to the attention of Patrick Cather, an aspiring blues producer who also lived in Birmingham and who wanted to start a label and produce blues records. In 1962, Cather produced McCoy's first full-length LP Barrel House Blues And Jook Piano, which was released on Cather's own Vulcan (6) Records. The following year, Cather produced McCoy's sophomore album, Blues and Boogie Classics, also released on Vulcan. After Blues and Boogie Classics, McCoy didn't record any more albums, and he died in Birmingham 12 February of 1978.

Instruments

• Piano
• Vocals

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