Snow, Eddie

Snow, Eddie 9 March 1921; Corona, TN – 21 November 1998; Springfield, IL Singer and pianist. Eddie Snow was influenced by Memphis Slim, whom he heard in his father’s juke joint. He began playing piano as a child, performing professionally as a teenager. After World War II he participated in the blues activities in Memphis, West Memphis, Osceola, Arkansas, and Cairo, Illinois. He recorded for Sun label in 1952–1955. He was mostly inactive in music from the mid-1960s through the 1970s, but he…