Born: Bogalusa, LA, 1918
Years Active: 1974-1980
Influenced by: Tuts Washington, Kid Stormy Weather
Genre: R & B
Biography: Justly worshipped a decade and a half after his death as a founding father of New Orleans R&B, Roy "Professor Longhair" Byrd ...
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