INDIVIDUAL

Smith, Bennie

Identifier
NFAI.E.00008375
Preferred Name
Smith, Bennie
Library of Congress Naming Authority
Smith, Bennie [info:lc/authorities/names/n93062804]
Entity Date
1993 - 2006
Biography/History

Bennie Smith (October 5, 1933, St. Louis, Missouri - September 10, 2006, St. Louis, Missouri) was an American, St. Louis blues guitarist, considered to be one of the city's patriarchs of electric blues.

His sound was emblematic of a St. Louis blues music that he helped define in over half a century practicing his trade. His contributions to the genre in that city, from the early 1950s and almost until the day of his death, included mentor, performer, and recording artist.

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