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Harmonica player Lester Mad Dog Davenport has died at ag3 77. Davenport has been playing the blues in Chicago almost since his arrival there from Mississippi at age 14 right after World War 2. He played with Bo Diddley in the 1950s, joining him at a gig at The Apollo Theater in New York and recording a couple of sides with him. In the 80s he worked with The Kinsey report, and then with Chicago bluesman Willie Kent. He made two solid albums as band leader himself.
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Harmonica player Lester Mad Dog Davenport has died at ag3 77. Davenport has been playing the blues in Chicago almost since his arrival there from Mississippi at age 14 right after World War 2. He played with Bo Diddley in the 1950s, joining him at a gig at The Apollo Theater in New York and recording a couple of sides with him. In the 80s he worked with The Kinsey report, and then with Chicago bluesman Willie Kent. He made two solid albums as band leader himself.
Broadcast History
WXPN-FM Philadelphia 4-2-2009
Transcript
Lester "Mad Dog" Davenport "West Side Blues Harp"
Delmark" I Smell A Rat
© 2002 Delmark Records
DE 763
Bo Diddley "Pretty Thing"
Geffen: Bo Diddley Gold
© 2008 Geffen Records
B0011781-02
Kinsey Report "Down In The Dungeon"
Alligator: Smoke And Steel
© 1998 Alligator Records & Artist Mgmt., Inc.
ALCD 4860
Lester "Mad Dog" Davenport "Im Gonna Give It Up"
Earwig: When The Blues Hit You
© 1992 Earwig Music Company, Inc.
4923
Willie Kent "Ma Bea's"
Delmark: Ain't It Nice
© 1991 Delmark Records
DED-653
Lester "Mad Dog" Davenport "Going Away"
Delmark" I Smell A Rat
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DE 763
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Timing and Cues
3:29 self-contained. Starts with opening theme and host intro, ends with music fade following host outro.
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