Garfield akers biography

          Garfield Akers (possibly born James Garfield Echols, probably – c....

          Details ; Field of Interest: American Music ; Author: Robert Santelli, fl.

          GARFIELD AKERS /
          JOE CALLICOTT

           

           

           

           

           

           

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          Garfield Akers was born in Brights, Mississippi in 1901 and was already performing locally when he moved to Hernando as a teenager.

          He stayed in that area most of his life and worked as a sharecropper, playing at weekends at house parties and dances, although he toured with Frank Stokes on the Doc Watts Medicine Show. Akers met up with Joe Callicottin the 1920's and they became lifelong friends and partners, the two of them taking turns to play lead and second guitar as they sang blues.

          Garfield made his first and best known recording, "Cottonfield Blues Parts 1 & 2", in Memphis in 1929 with Callicott on second guitar.

          Garfield Akers was an American blues singer and guitarist.

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        3. Born around in Bates, Mississippi, Akers remains a shadowy figure; after honing his skills at local dances and house parties, he relocated to the Hernando.
        4. Garfield Akers discography and songs: Music profile for Garfield Akers.

          5. The pair were taken to Memphis by Jim Jackson, a Hernando resident and neighbour of Callicott, and already a recording star. Akers and Callicott played together for more than 20 years finally going their own ways in the mid 1940's.

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