Eddie Vinson
American musician
Died when: 70 years 197 days (846 months)Star Sign: Sagittarius
Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson (born Edward L.Vinson Jr.;December 18, 1917 – July 2, 1988) was an American jump blues, jazz, bebop and R&B alto saxophonist and blues shouter.
He was nicknamed Cleanhead after an incident in which his hair was accidentally destroyed by lye contained in a hair straightening product, necessitating shaving it off; enamoured of the look, Vinson maintained a shaved head thereafter.
Music critic Robert Christgau has called Vinson "one of the cleanest—and nastiest—blues voices you'll ever hear."
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