Little Smokey Smothers obituary

Chicago blues guitarist with Howlin' Wolf and Muddy WatersThe guitarist and singer Little Smokey Smothers, who has died aged 71 after complications from diabetes, was an influential mentor on the Chicago blues scene in the 1960s. He was best known for his involvement in bringing together the young musicians who became the groundbreaking Paul Butterfield Blues Band. Smothers first saw Butterfield playing harmonica on the sidewalk in Chicago's Hyde Park neighbourhood in the early 60s. Impressed by...

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