Buddy Scott
Kenneth "Buddy" Scott (January 9, 1935 – February 5, 1994)[1] was an American blues guitarist.
Scott was born in Goodman, Mississippi, United States[1] and came from a family of Chicago blues musicians.[2] Both of his brothers, vocalist Howard and guitarist Walter, played locally, and his son is Kenneth "Hollywood" Scott. He learned to play guitar from his mother and from . He was born in Mississippi but moved to Chicago when he was seven, and joined the doo-wop group .[2] His brothers formed a group, The Scott Brothers,[1] Buddy formed a group called Scotty and the Rib Tips and recorded several singles late in the 1960s. They played locally in Chicago blues establishments for over a generation.[2]
Scott signed a recording contract with Verve in 1993, and released his debut major-label release, Bad Avenue, that year,[2] but died of stomach cancer in Chicago, Illinois, not long after the album's release.[1]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d "The Dead Rock Stars Club 1994 - 1995". Thedeadrockstarsclub.com. Retrieved March 10, 2021.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d Colin Larkin, ed. (1995). The Guinness Who's Who of Blues (Second ed.). Guinness Publishing. pp. 316/8. ISBN 0-85112-673-1.
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- 1935 births
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- American blues guitarists
- American male guitarists
- Guitarists from Mississippi
- Deaths from stomach cancer
- Deaths from cancer in Illinois
- 20th-century American guitarists
- People from Goodman, Mississippi
- 20th-century American male musicians