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Summary:
- Blues pianist James "Piano 'C' Red" Wheeler was born in Montevallo, Alabama on September 14, 1933. At the age of twelve, Wheeler learned the basics of blues and boogie-boogie piano and within four years, he was living and performing in Atlanta. A decade later, Wheeler relocated to Chicago calling it home ever since. Wheeler was a regular on Chicago's Maxwell Street blues scene, where many legendary blues performers got their start, and played with the likes of Count Basie and B.B. King. Wheeler and his band, the Flat Foot Boogie Men, continued to play in and around the old Maxwell Street area, in addition to performing at other Chicago blues clubs. For more than forty years, Wheeler worked as a cab driver by day and blues musician by night and for this reason named his 1999 CD release Cab Driving Man. He passed away on June 3, 2013.
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Language Notes:
- Item content: English
Translated from (original): English
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Performers:
- Larry Crowe, interviewer.
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Production Credits:
- Videographer, Scott Stearns.
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General Notes:
- Streaming media.
Restricted to the University of North Texas System.
Recorded Chicago, Illinois 2003 April 4.
Description based on: Vendor-supplied metadata.
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Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (5 video files (2 hr., 21 min., 45 sec.)) : sound, color
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Audio Characteristics:
- digital
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Digital Characteristics:
- video file
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Call Numbers:
- Online Video
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OCLC Numbers:
- 1003150162