Guitar Pete Franklin

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Guitar Pete Franklin (Edward Lamonte Franklin, Indianapolis, IN, January 16, 1928 - Indianapolis, IN, July 31, 1975) was a blues musician. Although nicknamed “Guitar Pete” he was an accomplished blues pianist, as well as a fine guitarist. He made his debut recording as a session guitarist in Chicago, backing St. Louis Jimmy on an Opera Records release. In 1949 he cut four songs for Victor in Chicago under his own name but only two were issued giving him his only 78 RPM record. Later in that year he played guitar on sessions by Jazz Gillum for Victor, and found work in the early-to-mid 1950’s backing several artists on the J. O.B. label including John Brim and Sunnyland Slim. In 1963 a full length LP was devoted to him courtesy of Bluesville Records, “The Blues Of Pete Franklin” (Recorded in 1961). Three more cuts surfaced from him on the U.K. Flyright label recorded in 1963. He was in his early thirties at the time of this 1961 recording of his debut album, yet his decidedly lonesome style was steeped in an earlier era, that of his native Indianapolis in the 1930s when Leroy Carr and Scrapper Blackwell brought an urban sophistication to country blues. Besides the self-penned title track, the album features Franklin’s deeply personal readings of tunes associated with such pre-World War II blues singers as Carr, Bumble Bee Slim, Doctor Clayton, and Curtis Jones. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.

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Art Of Field Recording Vol 1: disc three - Blues

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Art Of Field Recording Vol 1 - Blues

Art Of Field Recording Volume I CD 03

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Art Of Field Recording Vol 1

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Art of Field Recording: Volume I

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Stop Messin' Around

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Black & White, Recorded In The Field By Art Rosenbaum

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Windy City Blues

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Art Of Field Recording Vol 1: Blues

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Art Of Field Recording Volume I

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Art Of Field Recording Vol 1-3: Blues

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Windy City Blues 1935-1953

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