SHADE, WILL

SHADE, WILL (SON BRIMMER). Bluesman (5 February 1898 in Memphis, Tennessee; 18 September 1966 in Memphis). He played guitar as a youth, after receiving a little instruction from a local bluesman, Te-Wee Blackman , then organized a threeman blues group that played on Beale Street in Memphis. Later he traveled with medicine shows, including that of Dr. Willie Lewis , where he played in a jug band with Gus Cannon, Jim Jackson, and Walter (Furry) Lewis . In 1926 he and his...