Died On This Date (April 2, 2009) Freddie Everett / Houston Blues Musician
themusicsover Freddie Everett
June 26, 1959 – April 2, 2009
Freddie Everett was a Houston blues guitarist/singer-songwriter known throughout those parts as “The Texas Legend.” A guitar virtuoso, some even called him the “Texas Hendrix.” Throughout his relatively short career, Everett has shared the stage with Sammy Hagar, Ted Nugent, Alice Cooper, Bo Diddley and Stevie Ray Vaughan’s Double Trouble. He landed a recording contract with Sony Music, but had been diagnosed with MLS (Lou Gehrig’s Disease) and was never well enough to make the album. Freddie Everett died as a result of the disease on April 2, 2009.
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