Snooky Pryor
James Edward "Snooky" Pryor (September 15, 1919 or 1921 – October 18, 2006) was an American Chicago blues harmonica player. He claimed to have pioneered the now-common method of playing amplified harmonica by cupping a small microphone in his hands along with the harmonica, although on his earliest records, in the late 1940s, he did not use this method. In 2023, he was inducted in the Blues Hall of Fame.
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Pryor in Edinburgh, June 1993 | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | James Edward Pryor |
| Born | September 15, 1919 or 1921 Lambert, Mississippi, United States |
| Died | October 18, 2006 (aged 85-87) Cape Girardeau, Missouri, United States |
| Genres | Chicago blues, Delta blues |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, carpenter |
| Instrument(s) | Vocals, blues harp, bugle |
| Years active | 1945–2006 |
| Labels | Vee-Jay, Virgin, ABC, Blind Pig, Telarc, Electro-Fi |
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