Lawrence (Booker T.) Laury (September 2, 1914 – September 23, 1995) was an American boogie-woogie, blues, gospel and jazz pianist and singer. Laury worked with Memphis Slim and Mose Vinson but did not record his debut album until he was in his late sixties. He appeared in two films; Great Balls of Fire!, the biopic about Jerry Lee Lewis' early career, and the documentary Deep Blues: A Musical Pilgrimage to the Crossroads, in which musicologist, writer and blues producer Robert Palmer, along with Dave Stewart from the band Eurythmics, interview and play with blues musicians from Memphis, Tennessee and the North Hill Country area of Mississippi.
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Pinetop Smith
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Speckled Red
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Little Willie Littlefield
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Big Maceo Merriweather
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Christian Dozzler
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Cow Cow Davenport
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W. C. Handy
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Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown
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Joe Louis Walker
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Harry Gibson
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Count Basie
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Bukka White
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Dave Alexander
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Frank Stokes
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