Alabama Pettis, Jr

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Born: 1935 Died: April 1988 To the avid blues fan, the name Alabama Jr. (Daddy Rabbit) has been synonymous with that of Magic Slim & The Teardrops for 10 years, From 1973 to 1983. Alabama Jr. was a staple of the Teadrops band providing sympathetic backing to the driving lead of Magic Slim and pulsating bass of his brother, Nick Holt. Coleman Pettis Jr. (his real name) was born in Alabama in the mid 1930s. At the age of 8 his mother taught him to play the guitar, which he practiced sporadically throughout his childhood. When there wasn't a guitar handy for him to play on, he would make his own by winding bothe ends of some baling wire around a long stick and plucking out whatever sound he could get. By the time he was a teenager, he was playing at local fish fries, first as a solo guitarist, then adding another guitar and playing as a part of a duo, for the then grand sum of $5. - per night. In 1952 he moved to Chicago, where he was eventually to meet and play with many of the great musicians who were building the foundations of what was to become known as "Chicago Blues". On his arrival in Chicago, Alabama Jr. became an avid club goer, finding out where the hottest blues was being played, and going initially, just to listen. By 1956, he was playing bass with Little Walter, at various clubs on the Southside, and one or two in Joliet. One club that Jr. hung out at was Turner's Lounge at 40th and Indiana, where he met and played with Lee Jackson, Big Walter Horton, J. B. Hutto,

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Chicago Blues Session Vol. 04

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Chicago Blues Session, Vol. 4 - Nora Lee

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CHBS Vol 04 - Nora Lee

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Chicago Blues Session Vol. 04: Nora Lee

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Nora Lee

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Chicago Blues Session Vol. 4

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Slow Blues 2

Nora Lee: Chicago Blues Session, Vol. 4

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Chicago Blues Session Vol. 04 (Alabama Pettis, Jr)

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Chicago Blues Session Vol 04

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Legend Of The Rock

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