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Artist
Emmett North Jr
7+ albums
souljazzblueslatinfunk
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Guitarist /Jazz / R&Blues / Soul/ Funk/ Blues/Singer/Song Writer From: Palm Springs, California, USA/ Middletown, Ohio, United States Of America. I was born in Middletown, Ohio U.S.A. a small steel town of 50 to 70,000 people, located twenty five miles from Dayton and twenty five from Cincinnati Ohio. When i was about six or seven years of age i watched "American Bandstand" with my uncle, becoming fascinated after seeing 'Chuck Berry', 'Little Richard','James Brown', 'Jackie Wilson and others.i had enjoyed getting model electric trains for xmas until then and soon started writing song poems in the 5th grade using others melodies to sing along with his lyrics,I moved to newnan,georgia where my fathers from i made and met a friend who taught me part of a popular blues song called 'Honky Tonk',after moving back to ohio i wanted a guitar instead on a train,my first guitar was made of cardboard, plastic and wood,it was just a toy ,so i lost interest. I was surrounded by musical family, my mothers side of the family were the singers and musicians. My mother sang in the gospel chorus and played piano/organ likewise for my aunts who sang in church and played piano and organ, his uncles who played sax, trumpet and trombone and also sang in church, they played instruments in school and the military.My oldest sister played violin and my little brother started out sax but they didn't continue playing. My family moved to Dayton a much larger city where there were many musicians,bands
