Gene Phillips

American rhythm & blues guitarist and singer, played in his hometown St. Louis in the 1930s, move to Los Angeles in 1942, active there until the early 1950s. "Personal problems forced his career into decline in the '50s." (The Penguin guide to blues recordings (2006), p. 520) Born: July 25, 1915 in St. Louis, Missouri. Died: January 10, 1990 in Lakewood, California.