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Simeon "Blind Simmie" Dooley (July 3, 1881 or June 1887 – January 17, 1961) was an American country blues singer and guitarist.


Biography

Dooley was born in
Hartwell, Georgia Hartwell is a city in Hart County, Georgia, United States. The population was 4,469 at the 2010 census. The city is the county seat of Hart County. History Hartwell was founded in 1854 as seat of the newly formed Hart County. It was incorporated ...
, United States. Dooley met Pink Anderson in 1916 and taught him to play guitar. The two played on the street and at parties when Anderson was not traveling with Dr. Kerr's Medicine Show. In 1928, Dooley and Anderson went to Atlanta to record four pieces for
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. Two were published in the same year ("Papa's 'Bout To Get Mad", and "Gonna Tip Out Tonight"), with the other two ("Every Day In The Week Blues", and "C.C. & O. Blues") issued the following year. The records sold well. Anderson was invited to make further recordings without Dooley, however Anderson refused to be without Dooley. Dooley died from
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in Spartanburg, South Carolina, at the age of 79.


Musical style

Blind Gary Davis Reverend Gary Davis, also Blind Gary Davis (born Gary D. Davis, April 30, 1896 – May 5, 1972), was a blues and gospel singer who was also proficient on the banjo, guitar and harmonica. Born in Laurens, South Carolina and blind since infanc ...
described Dooley, along with Blind Blake and Blind Willie Davis, as one of the biggest pre-war country blues guitarists.


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External links

* AllMusic page on Simmie Dooley {{DEFAULTSORT:Dooley, Blind 1880s births 1961 deaths American blues guitarists American male guitarists American country singer-songwriters Country blues singers Columbia Records artists People from Hartwell, Georgia Guitarists from Georgia (U.S. state) 20th-century American singers Country musicians from Georgia (U.S. state) 20th-century American guitarists 20th-century American male musicians American male singer-songwriters Singer-songwriters from Georgia (U.S. state)