Otis "Big Smokey" Smothers
Chicago blues, Musical Artist
1929 – 1993
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Who was Otis "Big Smokey" Smothers?
Otis "Big Smokey" Smothers was an African American, Chicago blues guitarist and singer. He was once a member of Howlin' Wolf's backing band, and worked variously with Muddy Waters, Jimmy Rogers, Bo Diddley, Ike Turner, J. T. Brown, Freddie King, Little Johnny Jones, Little Walter, and Willie Dixon. His younger brother, Abe, became known as the bluesman Little Smokey Smothers, with whom he is sometimes confused.
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