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Eddy Clearwater

Blues singer and guitar player, born January 10, 1935 in Macon, Mississippi, died June 1, 2018, Skokie, Illinois, United States. Eddy "The Chief" Clearwater was the stage name of Edward Harrington, who had left Birmingham, Alabama, for Chicago in 1950, making his first recordings there in the mid-1950s for Atomic-H. Blues Revue said Eddy played “joyous rave-ups … he testifies with stunning soul fervor and powerful guitar. One of the blues’ finest songwriters.”