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Son Bonds

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According to Nixon's later accounts of the event, Bonds suffered an accidental death in August 1947. While sitting on his front porch late one evening in
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sessions in 1941. In return, either Estes or Nixon played on every one of Bonds's own recordings. In the latter part of his career, Bonds played the
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neighbor, who mistook him for another man, with whom the neighbor was having a protracted disagreement.
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contains all known recordings by Bonds, made between September 1934 and September 1941.
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Jim O'Neal, "the music to one of Bonds's songs, 'Back and Side Blues' (1934), became a
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American country blues guitarist, singer and songwriter
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Complete Recorded Works in Chronological Order 1934–41
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Index

Brownsville, Tennessee
United States
Dyersburg, Tennessee
Country blues
Singer
guitarist
songwriter
Vocals
guitar
kazoo
Sleepy John Estes
Hammie Nixon
country blues
guitarist
singer
songwriter
Sleepy John Estes
Hammie Nixon
music journalist
standard blues
Sonny Boy Williamson I
Jackson, Tennessee
Good Morning, School Girl
Brownsville, Tennessee
records
Sleepy John Estes
Yank Rachell
mandolin
Hammie Nixon
harmonica

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