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Donald's Encyclopedia of Popular MusicA B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y ZHOWELL, Peg Leg(b 5 March 1888, Eatonton GA; d 11 Aug. '66, Atlanta) Blues singer, guitarist. Raised on a farm; self-taught on guitar cage 20; worked as a farmer but lost a leg due to gunshot wound '16. Worked streets and parks for tips with a group '23-34, subsequently mostly outside music. Served time for bootlegging '25; lost the other leg due to diabetes '52. One of the first blues singers to record, for Columbia '26-9; then for Testament '63. |