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| Texan-raised blues singer whose gospel flavors were learned singing in Church during the '30s and '40s. From the mid-sixties to mid-seventies (when health problems interrupted), Lee toured with legendary pianist Sunnyland Slim. Chicago guitarist Willie Kent coaxed her out of "retirement," and she has performed with him several times at clubs like Blue Chicago. Though she's capable of a wide variety of emotions, her speciality, though, -- according to the Chicago Reader critic David Whiteis -- is 'torchy emotionalism: she brings an apocalyptic fury to Big Maybelle's paean to heartbreak "Ocean of Tears," and her signature tune, "I Need Someone's Hand" (a remake of Little Willie John's "Need Your Love So Bad"), is a turbulent blend of fierceness and vulnerability.' Bonnie Lee died on September 6, 2006 in Beaumont, TX.
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