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Pink Anderson

Birth:	Feb. 12, 1900 Laurens Laurens County South Carolina, USA
Death:	Oct. 12, 1974 Spartanburg Spartanburg County South Carolina, USA
Blues Musician. Born Pinkney Anderson in rural South Carolina, he became one of the greatest performers of the blues style known as the "Piedmont Blues." He spent the majority of his life touring the south with a traveling minstrel show. He made some recordings for the Columbia Record label in 1928, and later made recordings for the Riverside Record label in the late 1940's and the Bluesville Label in the late 1960s. He appeared in the film "The Blues" in 1963. He later became part of the blues revival of the late 1960s and made appearances at places such as Yale University. The rock group "Pink Floyd" took the first part of its name from Pink Anderson. He died of a heart attack in 1974. (bio by: Adam Maroney) Search Amazon for Pink Anderson

Burial: Lincoln Memorial Cemetery Drayton Spartanburg County South Carolina, USA
Maintained by: Find A Grave Originally Created by: Adam Maroney Record added: Oct 30, 2002 Find A Grave Memorial# 6894178