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Johnny Shines

Blues singer and guitarist, grew up in Memphis, Tennessee, moved to Hughes, Arkansas in 1932, played with [a=Robert Johnson] in the mid-1930s, moved to Chicago in 1941, where he made his first recordings for Columbia in 1946. Born: April 26, 1915 Frayser, Tennessee Died: April 20, 1992 Tuscaloosa, Alabama