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Listen to Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson, watch music videos, read bio, see tour dates & more!

Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson

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Listen to Somebody Got to Go by Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson, see lyrics, music video & more!
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Listen to Kidney Stew (Live At Marla's Memory Lane Supper Club, Los Angeles, CA / May 30-31, 1986) by Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson, see lyrics, music video & more!
Kidney Stew (Live At Marla's Memory Lane Supper Club, Los Angeles, CA / May 30-31, 1986)Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson
Listen to Something's Got a Hold On Me (feat. Red Holloway, Brother Jack McDuff, Shuggie Otis, Richard Reid & Paul Humphrey) [Live] by Etta James & Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson, see lyrics, music video & more!
Something's Got a Hold On Me (feat. Red Holloway, Brother Jack McDuff, Shuggie Otis, Richard Reid & Paul Humphrey) [Live]Etta James & Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson
Listen to Everyday by Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson, see lyrics, music video & more!
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Listen to Hold It Right There by Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson, see lyrics, music video & more!
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Listen to Bright Lights, Big City by Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson, see lyrics, music video & more!
Bright Lights, Big CityEddie "Cleanhead" Vinson
Listen to Blues Dues (feat. Melvin Taylor, Ken Saydak, Harlan Terson, Merle Perkins & Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson) by Eddie Shaw, see lyrics, music video & more!
Blues Dues (feat. Melvin Taylor, Ken Saydak, Harlan Terson, Merle Perkins & Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson)Eddie Shaw
Listen to Broadway by Oscar Peterson, Harry Edison & Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson, see lyrics, music video & more!
BroadwayOscar Peterson, Harry Edison & Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson
Listen to Big Leg Woman (feat. Melvin Taylor, Ken Saydak, Harlan Terson, Merle Perkins & Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson) by Eddie Shaw, see lyrics, music video & more!
Big Leg Woman (feat. Melvin Taylor, Ken Saydak, Harlan Terson, Merle Perkins & Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson)Eddie Shaw
Listen to Old Maid’s Boogie by Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson, see lyrics, music video & more!
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More albums from Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson

Listen to Mr. Cleanhead’s Blues by Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson
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Listen to When the Sun Goes Down by Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson
ALBUMWhen the Sun Goes DownEddie "Cleanhead" Vinson
Listen to Backdoor Blues by Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson
ALBUMBackdoor BluesEddie "Cleanhead" Vinson
Listen to Pioneers of Rhythm & Blues, Vol. 7 (feat. Shuggie Otis) by Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson & Johnny Otis
ALBUMPioneers of Rhythm & Blues, Vol. 7 (feat. Shuggie Otis)Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson & Johnny Otis
Listen to Jumpin' the Blues (The Definitive Black & Blue Sessions (Paris, 1969)) by Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson & Jay McShann
ALBUMJumpin' the Blues (The Definitive Black & Blue Sessions (Paris, 1969))Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson & Jay McShann
Listen to Rare Blues Grooves by Brown McGhee, Jay McShann & Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson
ALBUMRare Blues GroovesBrown McGhee, Jay McShann & Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson
Listen to Blues, Boogie & Bebop by Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson
ALBUMBlues, Boogie & BebopEddie "Cleanhead" Vinson
Listen to Meat's Too High - Blues, Boogie & Bebop by Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson
ALBUMMeat's Too High - Blues, Boogie & BebopEddie "Cleanhead" Vinson
Listen to Cleanhead Blues by Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson
ALBUMCleanhead BluesEddie "Cleanhead" Vinson
Listen to Oscar Peterson + Harry Edison + Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson by Oscar Peterson, Harry Edison & Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson
ALBUMOscar Peterson + Harry Edison + Eddie "Cleanhead" VinsonOscar Peterson, Harry Edison & Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson
Listen to I Want A Little Girl by Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson
ALBUMI Want A Little GirlEddie "Cleanhead" Vinson
Listen to Kidney Stew by Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson
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Listen to Kidney Stew by Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson
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Listen to Cherry Red Blues by Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson
ALBUMCherry Red BluesEddie "Cleanhead" Vinson
Listen to Jamming the Blues by Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson
ALBUMJamming the BluesEddie "Cleanhead" Vinson
Listen to The Original Cleanhead by Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson
ALBUMThe Original CleanheadEddie "Cleanhead" Vinson
Listen to Kidney Stew Is Fine by Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson
ALBUMKidney Stew Is FineEddie "Cleanhead" Vinson
Listen to Mr Cleanhead's Back in Town by Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson
ALBUMMr Cleanhead's Back in TownEddie "Cleanhead" Vinson

About Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson

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Hometown
Houston, TX, United States
Born
December 18, 1917
Genre
Jazz
An advanced stylist on alto saxophone who vacillated throughout his career between jump blues and jazz, bald-pated Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson (he lost his hair early on after a botched bout with a lye-based hair-straightener) also possessed a playfully distinctive vocal delivery that stood him in good stead with blues fans. Vinson first picked up a horn while attending high school in Houston. During the late '30s, he was a member of an incredible horn section in Milton Larkins's orchestra, sitting next to Arnett Cobb and Illinois Jacquet. After exiting Larkins' employ in 1941, Vinson picked up a few vocal tricks while on tour with bluesman Big Bill Broonzy. Vinson joined the Cootie Williams Orchestra from 1942 to 1945. His vocals on trumpeter Williams' renditions of "Cherry Red" and "Somebody's Got to Go" were in large part responsible for their wartime hit status. Vinson struck out on his own in 1945, forming his own large band, signing with Mercury, and enjoying a double-sided smash in 1947 with his romping R&B chart-topper "Old Maid Boogie" and the song that would prove his signature number, "Kidney Stew Blues" (both songs featured Vinson's instantly identifiable vocals). A 1949-1952 stint at King Records produced only one hit, the amusing sequel "Somebody Done Stole My Cherry Red," along with the classic blues "Person to Person" (later revived by another King artist, Little Willie John). Vinson's jazz leanings were probably heightened during 1952-1953, when his band included a young John Coltrane. Somewhere along about here, Vinson wrote two Miles Davis classics, "Tune Up" and "Four." Vinson steadfastly kept one foot in the blues camp and the other in jazz, waxing jumping R&B for Mercury (in 1954) and Bethlehem (1957), jazz for Riverside in 1961 (with Cannonball Adderley), and blues for Blues Time and ABC-BluesWay. A 1969 set for Black & Blue, cut in France with pianist Jay McShann and tenor saxophonist Hal Singer, beautifully recounted Vinson's blues shouting heyday (it's available on Delmark as Old Kidney Stew Is Fine). A much later set for Muse teamed him with the sympathetic little big-band approach of Rhode Island-based Roomful of Blues. Vinson toured the States and Europe frequently prior to his 1988 death of a heart attack. ~ Bill Dahl
Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson has also released music as a member of Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson and His Orchestra.

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