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Little Buddy Doyle (March 20, 1911 – unknown) was an American Memphis and country blues guitarist, singer and songwriter. He was a working associate of Big Walter Horton and Hammie Nixon. Charlie Doyle was probably born in Forrest City, Arkansas, United States. During the 1930s, the diminutive Doyle performed regularly on Beale Street, Memphis, Tennessee.〔 It is generally accepted that Big Walter Horton made his first recording backing Doyle, on Doyle's Memphis based eight song recordings made for the Okeh and Vocalion labels in 1939. Doyle also recorded with the harmonica player, Hammie Nixon, around the same time, although some of their recorded work remains unissued. Most of what else is known about Doyle derives from the autobiography of David "Honeyboy" Edwards, who met him and played with him. Doyle also played with Sunnyland Slim. Edwards met Doyle for the first time in Memphis in 1935. At this point Doyle usually performed in Handy Park, Memphis. Doyle was still alive and still performing in Handy Park in 1943, when Edwards again came to Memphis. In 1943, Edwards sometimes performed in Handy Park together with Doyle, Big Walter Horton and a young Little Walter. Edwards remembered Doyle clearly and he described him as a quite charismatic figure. According to Edward's description, Doyle was a red-eyed alcoholic who was drunk all the time, and had two or three gold teeth. No photos of Doyle seems to be known. Doyle was most likely called Little Buddy Doyle because of his diminutive height; according to Edward's description Doyle "... was a midget. His legs was so short that when he sat on the bench to play the guitar he couldn´t pat his feet. He had to just bump against the seat, his feet would be that far off the ground. He´d get to playing the blues and just bump, bump, bump." When Edwards met him in 1935 he was married to Hedda, who was six feet tall. According to Edwards, Hedda too was "a good guitar player in the key of G." She sometimes performed with Doyle. Little else is known of Doyle's life outside of his recorded work, and his death appears to be unrecorded. ==See also== *List of Memphis blues musicians *List of country blues musicians 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Little Buddy Doyle」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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