URI(s)
Variants
- Bob, Barbecue, 1902-1931
- Hicks, Robert, 1902-1931
- Hicks, Barbecue Bob, 1902-1931
- Barbeque Bob, 1902-1931
Identifies LC/NAF RWO
Identifies RWO
Birth Date
- 1902-09-11
Death Date
- 1931-10-21
Has Affiliation
- Organization: Georgia Cotton Pickers
Birth Place
- Walton County (Ga.)
Associated Locale
- Lithonia (Ga.)
Associated Locale
- Atlanta (Ga.)
Field of Activity
Occupation
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Closely Matching Concepts from Other Schemes
Sources
- found: Early downhome blues [SR] 1994:insert (Barbecue Bob)
- found: Titon, J.T. Early downhome blues, c1994:p. 103, etc. (Barbecue Bob (Robert Hicks); b. 1902, Walton Co., Ga.; d. Oct. 21, 1931, Atlanta; vocalist and guitarist)
- found: Before the blues [SR] p1996:container (Barbecue Bob) insert (Barbecue Bob Hicks)
- found: Banker's blues [SR] p2009:label (Barbecue Bob) container (Barbeque Bob)
- found: Encyclopedia of popular music, accessed online via Oxford Reference, April 2, 2018(Barbecue Bob; born Robert Hicks, September 11, 1902, Walton County, Georgia; died October 21, 1931, Lithonia, Georgia; moved to Atlanta in 1924, where he worked at a barbecue, which gave him his pseudonym; made his first records in 1927, beginning a successful recording career that lasted just four years but produced over 50 tracks of fine blues; in 1930, he recorded as part of the Georgia Cotton Pickers, with Curley Weaver and Buddy Moss, and he also appeared as accompanist on Nellie Florence's single 1929 session; one of the principal figures on the Atlanta blues scene of the time)
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Change Notes
- 1996-08-14: new
- 2018-04-03: revised
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