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    Oscar Woods
    Oscar Woods

    American Texas blues guitarist, singer and songwriter.

    Born: 1900 or 1903 around Natchitoches, Louisiana, United States
    Died: December 14, 1955 in Shreveport, Louisiana, United States (Aged circa 52 or 55)

    Woods, who was an early blues pioneer in lap steel, slide guitar playing, recorded thirty-five tracks between 1930 and 1940. He recorded solo and as part of a duo, the Shreveport Home Wreckers, and with a six- or seven-piece group, the Kitty Gray & Her Wampus Cats. Early in his career he backed Jimmie Davis on some of his recordings. Woods's best-known song was "Lone Wolf Blues", from which came his billing as "The Lone Wolf".

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