Birth name Morris Cummings Website Official website Record label Icehouse Records Labels Icehouse Records Genres Blues | Years active Late 1970s–present Role Musician Occupation(s) Musician, singer Name Blind Morris | |
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Born April 6, 1955 (age 69)
Clarksdale, Mississippi, United States ( 1955-04-06 ) Instruments Vocals, harmonica, guitar Albums Back Porch Blues, Along the Blues Highway, You Know I Like That Similar People Chris Thomas King, Kenny Brown, Robert Nighthawk, Super Chikan, Willie King Profiles | ||
Blind mississippi morris
Blind Mississippi Morris (born Morris Cummings, April 6, 1955, Clarksdale, Mississippi, United States) is an American blues musician.
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- Blind mississippi morris at the beale street music festival 2013 doing death letter
- Life and career
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Blind mississippi morris at the beale street music festival 2013 doing death letter
Life and career
Cummings became blind at the age of four, a victim of congenital glaucoma. Morris became a solo blues performer on Beale Street, but his nowadays backing band is called the Pocket Rockets.
Morris comes from a musical background; his cousins, Robert and Mary Diggs, led the Memphis Sheiks, while his aunt, Mary Tanner, played with the Harps of Melody. Morris is also a cousin of Willie Dixon. He was named as one of the 10 best harmonica players in the world by Bluzharp magazine.
References
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