Zuzu Bollin (September 5, 1923 – October 19, 1990) was an American

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. Originally named A.D. Bollin, the name 'Zuzu' is believed to refer to a brand of ginger-snap cookies popular at the time. Bollin notably recorded "Why Don't You Eat Where You Slept Last Night" and "Headlight Blues" (1951), and variously worked alongside

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. Bollin was thought to be dead, until he was rediscovered in 1988 living in

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, by the Dallas Blues Society Records founder, Chuck Nevitt. Nevitt gathered together a band and produced Bollin's first full length

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''Texas Bluesman'' in 1989, as the debut release on Dallas Blues Society Records. This record was sold to Antone's Records a couple of years later, and Antones released it on

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. This recording augmented Bollin's only four sides (two 78rpm records) recorded in the early 1950s on the Dallas-based Torch Records label. Bollin made festival dates both in the United States and abroad. Bollin died in Dallas, Texas in October 1990, aged 68.

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