Nathan Beauregard
Nathan Beauregard , real name Nathan Bogard, (* 1887, 1893 or 1896 in Colbert, Mississippi , † May 15, 1970 in Memphis , Tennessee ) was an American blues guitarist and singer.
Live and act
Blind from birth , he worked as a musician at an early age, initially accompanying himself on the banjo and later on the guitar. As with many of his 'contemporaries', his repertoire initially consisted of songs from the pre-blues era as well as dance pieces such as Spoonful and Pretty Bunch of Daisies . In the course of the "race recordings" of the 1920s, he saw how many other blues musicians with less talent made a career with recordings, while he himself did not get the opportunity to do so.
As part of the folk - and blues - Revival of the 1960s by Bill Barth in Memphis found and persuaded to act as a musician, he played in the short time between his 'discovery' in 1968 until his death in 1970 on some Folk and blues festivals (e.g. at the 1968 Memphis Country Blues Festival, which was also documented on record) and on some record samplers from the Blue Thumb , Arhoolie and Adelphi labels .
literature
- Chris Smith: Trying to make a hundred (99 and a half ain't true), Blues & Rhythm 217 (2007), p. 25.
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| SURNAME | Beauregard, Nathan |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American blues musician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1887 or 1893 or 1896 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Colbert, Mississippi |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 15, 1970 |
| Place of death | Memphis , Tennessee |