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Nick Holt is best remembered as the longtime bassist for his brother’s band, Magic Slim & the Teardrops. Co-forming the band in 1960, Holt played beside his brother for the next 40 years. Besides also fronting the Nick Holt Blues Band, he was also a popular session musician, having worked with the likes of Little Milton and Vance Kelly. He died of brain cancer at the age of 69.
Piney Brown was a blues singer and songwriter who was not only known for his dynamic performances but for his skills as a songwriter. Over the years, his songs have been recorded by the likes of Little Milton and James Brown. His career spanned the better part of sixty years, and over the course of that time, he shared the stage with such greats as Bo Diddley and Chuck Berry. He released several singles but never had nothing more than a regional hit or two. Piney Brown was 87 when he passed away on February 5, 2009.
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