Leothus Lee Green

Leothus Lee Green
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Styles: Acoustic Blues, Prewar Blues, St. Louis Blues, Piano Blues, Country Blues
Biography: Leothus Lee Green, also known as Pork Chops, was an early contemporary of Little Brother Montgomery and a mentor to Roosevelt Sykes. Born in Mississippi around 1900, Green worked as a clothes presser in Vicksburg while perfecting his piano technique. Soon Leothus was traveling throughout the Lower Mississippi ...Read full biography
Lee Green Vol. 1 1929-1930
Released: 1994
Label: Document Records
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Mississippi-born piano man Leothus Lee Green had a lot in common with his contemporary Little Brother Montgomery; he also taught young Roosevelt Sykes the rudiments of blues piano. In 1994, Document Records ...Read full review
Lee Green Vol. 2 1930-1937
Released: 1994
Label: Document Records
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The second half of Leothus Lee Green's recorded legacy is made up of 22 recordings he made in Chicago, New York and Aurora IL between November 4, 1930 and October 11, 1937. Green came up with Little Brother ...Read full review
More Lee Green albums: Compilations (2)
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