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( 1926-09-17 ) September 17, 1926

October 21, 1965 ( 1965-10-21 ) (aged 39)

William Patton Bill Black, Jr. (September 17, 1926 – October 21, 1965) was an who is noted as one of the pioneers of music. Black was the in s early trio and the leader of Bill Blacks Combo.

Black was born in , , to a motorman for the Memphis Street Railway. He was the oldest of nine children. His father played popular songs on the banjo and fiddle to entertain the family. Black learned to play music at the age of 14 on an instrument made by his father—a cigar box with a board nailed to it and strings attached. At the age of sixteen, Black was performing music on acoustic guitar in local bars.

During World War II, Black was stationed with the at in . While in the Army, he met Evelyn, who played guitar as the member of a musical family. They married in 1946 and returned to Memphis. Black worked at the .

Black began playing the upright . He modeled his technique after one of his idols, Fred Maddox of . Black also developed a stage clown persona in the same way that Maddox entertained audiences. Black performed as an exaggerated with blacked-out teeth, straw hat and overalls. According to his son, Black said his goal was always to give his audience a few moments of entertainment and maybe a little bit of humor thatll tickle em for a while.

In 1952, Black began playing club and radio shows with . Along with two other guitarists and a fiddler, they performed tunes by and in Doug Poindexters band, the Starlight Wranglers. Black and Moore also played in a band with , , on , and a drummer.

In 1954, Black and Moore were formed into a trio with .

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