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b. Andrew Hogg, 27 January 1914, Westconnie, Tx, USA, d. 1 Might 1960, McKinney, Tx. USA. Delivered in north-east Tx, Smokey originated from a clan that included blues performers Lightnin’ Hopkins and John Hogg. He discovered to play your guitar and piano early in lifestyle under the instructions of his …

Smokey Hogg was a rural bluesman navigating a postwar period infatuated by R&B, but he got along quite nicely non-etheless, scoring a set of main R&B strikes in 1948 and 1950 and reducing a dense catalog for the slew of brands (including Exclusive, Contemporary, Bullet, Macy’s, Imperial, Mercury, Recorded in …