Career
Burrage did session work as a pianist in the 1950s and 1960s as well as recording under his own name. He released singles on Decca, Aladdin, States, and Cobra in the 1950s, and for Vee-Jay and M-Pac in the 1960s. Burrage"s backing bands included the likes of Otis Rush, Willie Dixon, and Jody Williams, while Burrage supported Magic Sam, Charles Clark, and others as a pianist.
Burrage"s only national hit as singer was the 1965 Chicago soul song "Got to Find a Way", which reached #31 on the Billboard Rhythm & Blues charts.
The following year Burrage died at the home of Tyrone Davis, a musician Burrage influenced.