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Washboard Willie

b. William Paden Hensley, 24 July 1909, Phoenix Town, Alabama, USA. Elevated in Georgia, where he started drumming at age six, Washboard Willie shifted to Detroit in 1945, and quickly became a fixture for the town’s blues picture, playing the pubs along with his Super Suds Of Tempo, and making …

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