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Sonny Rhodes

Sonny Rhodes is credited on 41 releases across 19 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1967–2011 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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41

Pressings credited

19

Albums

6

Decades active

2

In collections

Biography

Clarence Smith (born Clarence Edward Mauldin; November 3, 1940 – December 14, 2021), known as Sonny Rhodes, was an American blues singer and lap steel guitar player. He recorded over two hundred songs. "I'm what you call a self-proclaimed Disciple of the Blues!" said Rhodes about his years playing and singing for fans of blues around the world. He was nominated 15 times for Blues Music Awards and won in the category 'Instrumentalist – Other' in 2011.

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Credited work

41 releases · 19 albums · active 1967–2011

  • Performance · 79
  • Production · 9
  • Other credits · 2

Studios: King Snake Studios · Fantasy Studios · Dave Wellhausen Recording · Studio Anagramme

Discography

Records they worked on — most-collected first.

Frequent collaborators

  • Greg Edmonson
  • Sonny Rhodes & The Texas Twisters
  • Frankie Lee (3)
  • Floyd Miles & Friends
  • Bluesman Willie
  • Various

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