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Roosevelt Sykes

Roosevelt Sykes has been played on NTS in shows including Nabihah Iqbal , featured first on 3 December 2019. Songs played include Don't Care Blues and Long, Lonesome Night.

Roosevelt Sykes (January 31, 1906, Elmar, Arkansas – July 17, 1983, New Orleans, Louisiana) was an American blues musician, also known as "The Honeydripper". He was a successful and prolific cigar-chomping blues piano player, whose rollicking thundering boogie-woogie was highly influential.

Sykes had a long career spanning the pre-war and postwar eras. His pounding piano boogies and risqué lyrics characterize his contributions to the blues. He was responsible for influential blues songs such as "44 Blues", "Driving…

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MOST PLAYED TRACKS
Don't Care Blues
Roosevelt Sykes
Folkways Records1961
Don't Care Blues
Roosevelt SykesFolkways Records1961
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Long, Lonesome Night
Roosevelt Sykes
Prestige Bluesville1960
Long, Lonesome Night
Roosevelt SykesPrestige Bluesville1960
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