Oklahoma Musicians

Jazz history

Lowell Fulson

The Oklahoma Historical Society identifies Fulson as born in Tulsa in 1921, of Choctaw and African American ancestry, raised around Ada, and active as a singer, songwriter, and guitarist in church and blues settings before his national career. OHS gives his death as March 6, 1999.

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Oklahoma connection

OHS directly documents Tulsa birth and Ada-area upbringing and musical development.

Musical work and relationships

Blues singer-songwriter; guitarist; church and local Oklahoma musician before national recordings.

Hall of Fame account

The Hall catalog lists Lowell Fulson as a vocalist, guitarist, and songwriter inducted in 1989.

Sources

  1. www.okhistory.org/publications/enc/entry.php
  2. www.okhistory.org/publications/enc/entry
  3. www.okjazz.org/inductees/

Related source accounts

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