Barbecue Bob
Piedmont blues, Composer
1902 – 1931
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Who was Barbecue Bob?
Robert Hicks, better known as Barbecue Bob was an early American Piedmont blues musician. His nickname came from the fact that he was a cook in a barbecue restaurant. One of the two extant photographs of Bob show him playing his guitar while wearing a full length white apron and cook's hat.
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- Born
- Sep 11, 1902
Walnut Grove - Also known as
- Barbeque Bob
- Barbecue Bob (Robert Hicks)
- Robert Hicks
- Hicks, Robert
- Siblings
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Lived in
- Atlanta
- Died
- Oct 21, 1931
Lithonia
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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