Alec Seward

Alec Seward

Alec Seward

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I Wish I'd Listened
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Cousin John
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Creepin' Blues
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Trouble in Mind
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Blues All Around My Head #2

Albums

  • Late One Saturday Evening

    Feb 2016 • 14 songs

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Alec Seward

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There are at least three different blues musicians who utilized the moniker "Guitar Slim." In this case, the "Slim" in question was the first. Born Alec Seward on March 16, 1902, in Charles City, VA, as a child (he had 14 siblings), he picked up the guitar and began playing regularly at local dances. When he turned 18, he packed up and moved to New York with the intention of professionally playing music. Along the way, Seward struck up a friendship with two bluesmen who played in the same acoustic Piedmont style as he did, Brownie McGhee and Sonny Terry. While the Piedmont sty...
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