Ernest Lawlers

Infobox musical artist
Name = Ernest Lawlers

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Alias = Little Son Joe
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Origin = flagicon|USA Hughes, Arkansas, USA
Died = death date and age|1961|18|6|1900|11|14
Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.
Instrument = Guitar
Genre = Blues
Occupation = Guitarist, Vocalist, Composer
Years_active = 1930s – 1950s
Label = Columbia
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Ernest "Little Son Joe" Lawlers (May 18 1900 in Hughes, Arkansas – November 14 1961 in Memphis, Tennessee) was an American blues guitarist, vocalist, and composer.

Life and career

Lawlers is best known for his musical partnership with his wife, Memphis Minnie, but he had been playing guitar and singing blues for some years around Memphis before they got together, including a period with Rev. Robert Wilkins, whom he accompanied on record in 1935. He took up with Minnie in the late 1930s, replacing her previous husband and partner, Kansas Joe McCoy. Lawlers made records under his own name, including the well known "Black Rat Swing", but mostly appeared in the supporting role, on a large number of sides covering most of the 40s and the early years of the following decade. He retired from music with Minnie in the 1950s. [Larkin, Colin. "The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music", Guinness, page 2520, (1995) - ISBN 1561591769]

elective discography

Footnotes

External links

* [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:hnftxqugldte~T4 All Music: Ernest "Little Son Joe" Lawlers]