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Remembering Blues Icon, Former Sacramentan Omar Sharriff


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Blues lovers everywhere are mourning the loss of Dave Alexander, also known as Omar Sharriff, who died on Sunday at the age of 73. Capital Public Radio's Mick Martin remembers the blues pianist from Texas who enriched Sacramento and the world.


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(Sacramento, CA)
Tuesday, January 10, 2012

Learn more about the self-taught pianist, who played with Big Mama Thornton, Jimmy Witherspoon, Muddy Waters, Buddy Guy and Albert Collins.

 

0110pc omars2Listen to this 2011 story from NPR's All Things Considered Boogie Woogie: Born in the Backwoods of America.  

Read the Wikipedia entry on Omar Sharriff
 
Watch this obituary from Louisiana TV station KTBS
 
Knack (Belgium) obituary
 
The Sacramento Blues Society's Hall of Fame welcomes Omar Sharriff
 
 
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