Jerron "Blind Boy" Paxton | |
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| Birth name | Jerron Paxton |
| Born | January 26, 1989 |
| Origin | Los Angeles, California |
| Genres | |
| Occupation(s) | Singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist |
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| Years active | 2007–present |
Jerron "Blind Boy" Paxton (born January 26, 1989)[1] is an American musician from Los Angeles. A vocalist and multi-instrumentalist, Paxton's style draws from blues and jazz music before World War II and was influenced by Fats Waller and Blind Lemon Jefferson. According to Will Friedwald in The Wall Street Journal, Paxton is "virtually the only music-maker of his generation — playing guitar, banjo, piano and violin, among other implements — to fully assimilate the blues idiom of the 1920s and '30s, the blues of Bessie Smith and Lonnie Johnson."[2]
- ^ Newton, Steve (January 24, 2014). "Digging for the real facts about Jerron "Blind Boy" Paxton". The Georgia Straight. Vancouver Free Press Publishing Corporation. Retrieved February 2, 2014.
- ^ Friedwald, Will (November 19, 2012). "Blind Boys and the Bluest of Notes". The Wall Street Journal. Dow Jones & Company. Retrieved February 18, 2013.