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Lowell FulsonBig-voiced guitar player in the West Coast tradition, Oklahoma-born Lowell Fulson (19212005) joined Texas Alexander at the age of eighteen, but later moved to California, forming a band which soon included a young Ray Charles. He recorded for Swing Time in the 1940s, Chess (Checker) in the50s, Kent in the 60s, and Rounder (Bullseye) in the 70s, his most memorable records including 3 OClock Blues, Lonesome Christmas," Reconsider Baby, and Tramp (later covered by Otis Redding and Carla Thomas). A member of the Blues Hall of Fame and the recipient of a Grammy nomination for Best Traditional Blues Album, his Reconsider Baby was chosen by the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as one of the 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll.
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