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Blind Boy Fuller
Born in Wadesboro, North Carolina and based in Durham, where he recorded and performed.
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Biography
Blind Boy Fuller, born Fulton Allen in Wadesboro, North Carolina, became the best-known figure of the Piedmont blues while based in Durham.
He recorded prolifically in the 1930s before his death in 1941.
Carolina story
Durham's tobacco warehouse district was a blues center in the 1930s, and Fuller was its defining voice.
Music
Career & impact
Fuller's finger-picked Piedmont style influenced generations of acoustic blues and folk guitarists.
Sources
This is an original Drake Magazine editorial profile built from verifiable public record. It is not an exclusive interview, and no quotes, awards or recordings have been invented.