Moses Smith

b. 25 January 1932, Union Cathedral, Mississippi, USA, d. 19 Apr 1984, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA. Smith is normally more from the blues of Louisiana, where he resolved in his twenties, than that of his delivery state. He discovered harmonica in his teenagers and was playing frequently while still in Mississippi, nonetheless it was pursuing his relocation to Baton Rouge, and taking on with Lightnin’ Slim, that he produced his first information. His harmonica function was easy but effective, and his tone of voice had a unique, nearly hoarse quality, with a fantastic power that provided him his sardonic nickname. The couple of singles Smith documented in 1963 and 1964 gained him a popularity which he could capitalize through the blues revival some years afterwards. There were some more recordings released on albums within the 70s, and an individual in the first 80s demonstrated he was still a convincing blues performer.