Snooks Eaglin(1936-2009)
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Blues singer/guitarist Snooks Eaglin was born Fird Eaglin in 1936 in
New Orleans, LA. Blind since infancy, he wanted to be a musician and
taught himself to play guitar, and performed wherever he could, mainly
on street corners and in churches. In his teens he came to the
attention of Allen Toussaint, who let
Eaglin join his band, The Flamingos. Eaglin later wrote what turned out
to be an R&B classic, "Lucille", for
Little Richard. He signed with and
recorded singles for such labels as Folkways and Prestige before
signing with a major label, Imperial Recirds, in 1960. He recorded more
than ten singles for that label, but left them the next year. He only
recorded very sporadically until 1987, when he signed with Black Top
Records, for which he cut several albums.
