Guitar Crusher
American singer and guitarist
Sidney Selby (July 28, 1931[1] – September 23, 2020), known as "Guitar Crusher" and formerly as "Bone Crusher", was an American blues singer and guitarist. He was known as "The Big Voice from New York". He also played guitar and blues harmonica. Selby was born in Hyde County, North Carolina. He also toured with artists such as Ben E. King, The Drifters and The Isley Brothers.[2][3]
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The rapper Desiigner is his grandson.[4][5][6]
Selby died on September 23, 2020 at the age of 89.[7]
References
change- ↑ Edward Komara (2006). Encyclopedia Of The Blues. New York: Routledge. p. 190. ISBN 978-0-415-92699-7.
{{cite book}}:|website=ignored (help) - ↑ Biography, Allmusic.com. Retrieved 8 November 2016
- ↑ Ford, Robert (2008-03-31). A Blues Bibliography. Routledge. ISBN 9781135865085.
- ↑ "Desiigner's Grandfather Is Famed Blues Musician, Sidney Selby – Local Savage". localsavage.com. Archived from the original on 2016-10-22. Retrieved 2016-10-21.
- ↑ "Meet Desiigner's Biggest Influence: His Legendary "Guitar Crusher" Grandpa". PigeonsandPlanes. Retrieved 2016-10-21.
- ↑ "Desiigner goes big after Kanye signs him on to his label". Gulf-Times. 2016-05-02. Retrieved 2016-10-23.
- ↑ "Er war eine Urgewalt – Sidney "Guitar Crusher" Selby ist tot". Badische Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 25 September 2020.
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