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Birth name
  
Vernon X. Banks

Labels
  
Evidence

Record label
  
Years active
  
Late 1970s – 2007

Died
  
December 3, 2008

Instruments
  
Guitar

Role
  
Singer

Occupation(s)
  
Guitarist, singer

Name
  
Chico Banks


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Born
  
March 7, 1962Chicago, Illinois, United States (
1962-03-07
)

Genres
  
Chicago blues, Electric blues

Similar People
  
Willie Kent, Big Time Sarah, Carl Weathersby, Melvin Taylor, Phil Guy

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Chico Banks (March 7, 1962 – December 3, 2008) was an American Chicago blues guitarist and singer. He released one album, in 1997 on Evidence Records, and played with many blues musicians from his late teens until his death at the age of 46. He is best known for his tracks "Your Fine" and "Candy Lickin' Man". He was the son of the guitarist Jessie Banks, who played backing for the Mighty Clouds of Joy.

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One commentator noted that Banks "focuses on good-time, upbeat blues". He was an influence on the guitarist and singer Reggie Sears.

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Biography

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He was born Vernon X. Banks in Chicago, Illinois.

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Banks was inspired by Magic Sam, Buddy Guy, Albert King, Jimi Hendrix, Otis Clay, George Benson and Tyrone Davis. His blues guitar playing incorporated jazz and funk stylings. He first played in a covers group in his mid-teens. He later worked with Guy and Clay and with Melvin Taylor, James Cotton, Little Milton, Magic Slim, and Big Time Sarah. He contributed to the album Long Way to Ol' Miss, by Willie Kent, recorded in 1996.

His debut album, Candy Lickin' Man, including vocals by Mavis Staples, was released by Evidence Records in 1997. Banks played on Lee "Shot" Williams's album Let the Good Times Roll in 2002 and on Tyrone Davis's album Come to Daddy in 2003.

In 2007, Banks underwent surgery for a faulty heart valve. He died in Chicago in December 2008.

References

Chico Banks Wikipedia


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