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Sonny Rhodes

voc, g, *1940 US
Singer / Musician / Songwriter of Blues and R&B/Soul
A.k.a. Clarence Edward Smith Clarence Smith (3)

Sonny Rhodes (born Clarence Edward Smith, November 3, 1940) is an American blues singer and lap steel guitar player. He has recorded over two hundred songs. "I'm what you call a self-proclaimed Disciple of the Blues!" said Rhodes about his years playing and singing for fans of blues around the world. He has been nominated 15 times for the Blues Music Awards and won in the category Instrumentalist–Other in 2011.

     
Instruments
  • Vocals
  • Guitar
  • Steel guitar
  • Slide guitar
Genres
  • Blues
  • R&B/Soul
  • Pop
Plays With
Sonny Rhodes & The Texas Twisters
Willie Phillips
Popular Tracks   
Firefly Main Title on Firefly by Greg Edmonson
Ballad of Serenity on The Essential Sonny Rhodes - Songs and Stories by Sonny Rhodes
You Better Stop on Bad, Bad Whiskey by Various Artists
Christmas 9-1-1 on Stony Plain's Christmas Blues by Various Artists
Honey Do Woman on A Good Day To Play The Blues by Sonny Rhodes
Travelling Bluesman on I'm Back Again by Sonny Rhodes
I'll Never Let You Go on The Essential Sonny Rhodes - Songs and Stories by Sonny Rhodes
Blues Is My Religion on The Essential Sonny Rhodes - Songs and Stories by Sonny Rhodes
Another You on Out of Control by Sonny Rhodes
I Am Sonny Rhodes on The Essential Sonny Rhodes - Songs and Stories by Sonny Rhodes

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Band Members
Discography



Title Artist Year Type
The Essential Sonny Rhodes - Songs And StoriesSonny Rhodes2017Album
You Better Stop / My Money Is FunnySonny Rhodes / The Right Kind2011Single
I'm Back AgainSonny Rhodes2008Album
A Good Day To Play The BluesSonny Rhodes2001Album
Blue DiamondSonny Rhodes1999Album
Born To Be BlueSonny Rhodes1997Album
Out Of ControlSonny Rhodes1996Album
The Blues Is My Best FriendSonny Rhodes1994Album
Livin Too Close To The EdgeSonny Rhodes1992Album
Disciple Of The BluesSonny Rhodes1991Album
I Was Kidding / Country BoySonny Rhodes1989Single
Won't Rain In CaliforniaSonny Rhodes1983Album
In EuropeSonny Rhodes1982Album
Forever And A DaySonny Rhodes1981Album
Won't Rain In California / Look Out For Sonny RhodesSonny Rhodes1977Single
I Don't Want My Blues Colored BrightSonny Rhodes1977Album
Are We Losing Our Thing / Hen Pecked ManSonny Rhodes1975Single
Texas Fender BenderSonny RhodesAlbum
You Better StopSonny RhodesSingle
Cigarette Blues / The Bloodstone BeatSonny RhodesSingle
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