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    Garfield Akers

    American blues singer and guitarist.

    Born: probably in 1908 in Aiken, Tate County, Mississippi
    Died: about 1959, reportedly in Hernando, DeSoto County, Mississippi

    Akers recorded four titles for Vocalion in Memphis, Tennessee, in 1929-1930. Little is known about his life. He was accompanied by his friend and longtime collaborator Joe Callicott on his first recording Cottonfield Blues.

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