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Name
  
Bill Sims

Role
  
Musician

Spouse
  
Karen Wilson (m. 1979)


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Children
  
Cicily Wilson, Chaney Sims

Albums
  
American Blues Roots Duo, Bill Sims

Parents
  
William Sims, Georgia Mae Sims

Similar People
  
Heritage Blues Orchestra, Davy Knowles, Bobby Radcliff, Guy Davis, Steve Guyger

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Bill Sims, Jr. (born June 23, 1949, Marion, Marion County, Ohio, United States) is an American blues musician. He grew up in Marion, Ohio and began playing piano at the age of four. At age 14, he turned professional and joined the rhythm and blues band the Jacksonian Blues, which he left to attend Ohio State University.

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In 1971, Sims joined another rhythm and blues group, the doo-wop-influenced Four Mints. He left the band in 1976 to form The Lamorians, an avant-garde jazz band influenced by traditional African drumming. In 1988, he returned to the blues, founding Bill Sims and the Cold Blooded Blues Band. He released his debut album, Blues Before Sunrise, in 1992, and in 1999, PBS did a 10-hour documentary on Sims and his interracial family (with Sims's partner Karen Wilson). Sims released another album to coincide with this broadcast.

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Discography

  • Blues Before Sunrise (1992)
  • Bill Sims (1999)
  • References

    Bill Sims Wikipedia