Jimmy McCracklin
BluesR&BWest Coast bluesjump bluespostwar R&Bpiano-driven blues
Jimmy McCracklin (James David Walker, St. Louis, Missouri, August 13, 1921 – San Pablo, California, December 20, 2012) was an American pianist, vocalist, harmonica player and songwriter. His style contained West Coast blues, Jump blues, and Rhythm & Blues. Over a career that spanned seven decades, he said he had written almost a thousand songs and had recorded hundreds of them. McCracklin recorded over 30 albums, and earned four gold records. Tom Mazzolini of the San Francisco Blues Festival said of him
Influenced by: Big Jay McNeely, Lowell Fulson, Amos Milburn
- Active:
- 1940s–2012
- Scene:
- Bay Area blues
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