Bennie Smith

Bennie Smith (October 5, 1933, St. Louis, Missouri - September 10, 2006, St. Louis, Missouri) was an American, St. Louis blues guitarist, considered to be one of the city's patriarchs of electric blues.

In addition to teaching Ike Turner how to play guitar, Bennie performed and / or recorded with many notable St. Louis musicians including, Clayton Love, Roosevelt Marks Orchestra, Grant Green, Chuck Bernard, Screamin' Joe Neal and Raymond Hill, just to name a few.

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