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Beverly “Guitar” Watkins began her guitar playing career in 1959 while still at school. In the years that followed, she worked with a host of musicians, including greats such as James Brown, B.B. King, Taj Mahal and Ray Charles

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(via Beverly Watkins, Fiery Blues Guitarist, Is Dead at 80 - The New York Times)

...Ms. Watkins, who was often billed as Beverly “Guitar” Watkins, followed in the footsteps of women like Sister Rosetta Tharpe, a gospel singer whose brilliant electric guitar playing helped influence rock ’n’ roll, and the blues singer, guitarist and songwriter Memphis Minnie. But even in the 21st century, after having worked since the late 1950s with the R&B star Piano Red, and with bands like Leroy Redding and the Houserockers and Eddie Tigner’s Ink Spots, she was something of an anomaly...

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