Eddie Shaw

Eddie Shaw (March 20, 1937 – January 29, 2018) In his teenage years, Shaw played tenor saxophone with local blues musicians, such as Little Milton and Willie Love. At the age of 14, he played in a jam session in Greenville, Mississippi, with Ike Turner's band. At a gig in Itta Bena, Mississippi, when the then 20-year-old Shaw performed, Muddy Waters invited him to join his Chicago-based band. joined the Wolf Gang and played on some of his father's recordings, using a unique three-neck Fender guitar. A disciple of Wolf's protégé Hubert Sumlin, he has recorded two albums of his own – Morning Rain and The Trail of Tears.

Shaw died in January 2018 in Chicago of natural causes, aged 80.

Accolades In 2011, Shaw was honored with a marker on the Mississippi Blues Trail in Benoit, Mississippi.

In 2013 and 2014, Shaw won the Blues Music Award in the category Instrumentalist – Horn.

May 3 became Eddie Shaw Day in Chicago, by proclamation of Mayor Rahm Emanuel in 2014.

In 2014, Shaw was inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame.

Discography 1982: Movin' and Groovin' Man (Evidence) 1986: King of the Road (Rooster Blues) 1992: In the Land of the Crossroads (Rooster Blues) 1995: Home Alone (Wolf) 1996: The Blues Is Nothing but Good News! (Wolf) 1997: Can't Stop Now (Delmark) 1999: Too Many Highways, recorded 1996 (Wolf) 2005: Give Me Time (Wolf) 2012: Still Riding High, as Eddie Shaw and the 757 Allstars (Stringtown)

With Howlin' Wolf The Real Folk Blues (Chess, 1956-64 ) Live and Cookin' (Chess, 1972) The Back Door Wolf (Chess, 1973)

With Magic Sam Magic Sam Live (Delmark, 1963/64 ) The Magic Sam Legacy (Delmark, 1967/68 ) Rockin' Wild in Chicago (Delmark, 1963/64 )