![]() "Back then I had a little act, I put the harmonica inside my mouth and beat the "hambone" at the same time", this way he got his first job in showbiz, at $20 a week ("that was big money back then, five shows a day"). In 1935 he ran away from home, jumping on a truck that carried the Silas Green Show as a stowaway: Now I shall tell you his story.Įddie Kirkland was born in Kingston, Jamaica in 1923 and raised in Dothan, Alabama. Not only that, he's made some incredible records for the likes of King, Volt, Fortune, Modern/R.P.M., Tru-Sound and LuPine. Eddie Kirkland, sometimes known as Eddie Kirk is a great blues singer, guitarist and harp player and he wears a turban with sartorial splendor. It's one of those non-reversible rules of life that says, not everyone who wears a turban is a great rhythm & blues singer, but every rhythm & blues singer who wears a turban is great.
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