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Big Joe's guitar playing is decidedly in the Delta Blues style, and yet is unique. He plays driving rhythm and virtuosic lead lines simultaneously, and sings over it all. He played with picks on his thumb and index finger. His guitar was very heavily modified. He added a rudimentary electric pickup, whose wires coiled all over the top of his guitar. He also added three extra strings, creating unison pairs for the first and second courses and an octave pair for the fourth course. He was born Joseph Lee Williams, in Crawford , Mississippi , and died at the age of 79. |
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