Background
He was born in Saint Louis, Missouri, and was influenced by, and a fan of, Louis Jordan, Wynonie Harris, Duke Ellington and Count Basie, Big Joe Turner and Jimmy Rushing.
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Gene Phillips
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He joined the Street Louis bands of Dewey Jackson and Jimmy Powell and was later taught lap steel guitar by Floyd Smith. He later went on to join Lorenzo Flennoy"s Trio. A pioneer of the lap steel guitar, he recorded with the Ink Spots and the Mills Brothers, among others
In late 1945 he recorded with Lucky Thompson in a band also featuring Marshal Royal and Charles Mingus.
His Rhythm Aces, the band he used on his Modern recordings for the Bihari Brothers, included Jake Porter, trumpet. Drummer First Rate (at Lloyd's) "Cake" Wichard.
Maxwell Davis, Marshal Royal, Jack McVea, Bumps Meyers, Willard McDaniel, Lloyd Glenn, Bill Street and Art Edwards. Phillips died in Lakewood, California, in 1990.
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January 10, 1990 (aged 74) -
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United States