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Eddie Tigner
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Eddie Tigner, Jr. (Macon, Georgia, August 11, 1926 – April 18, 2019) was an American blues pianist, Hammond organ player, singer and songwriter. He recorded two albums, both released by Music Maker. Ed Tigner, Jr. was born in Macon, Georgia, United States. In the early 1930s, Tigner heard the barrelhouse blues that his mother played at Atlanta house parties. After his father died from the effects of mustard gas poisoning he suffered in World War I, and when Tigner was six years old, the family relocated to a mining camp in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky. This followed his mother's re-marriage to a coal miner. Tigner then listened to the country and bluegrass music of that region, but also the largely African American camps had a tradition of blues music. At the age of 14, the family moved to Atlanta, Georgia. Once there, and with his mother in demand as a pianist, Tigner followed her to evening engagements at house parties and fish fries. Tigner began military service in 1945 in the United States Army, and during his term there learned to play the piano. Tigner was also in charge of booking entertainment for the servicemen. He often traveled to Baltimore to transport Bill Kenny, one of the founding members of the Ink Spots, to perform on the army base at Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland. Tigner also met T-Bone Walker during this time. In 1947, after his discharge he returned to Atlanta and assembled his first group, known as the Maroon Notes. In the group, Tigner played the
