Connie Curtis Crayton (December 18, 1914 – June 25, 1985), [1] known as Pee Wee Crayton, was an American R&B and blues guitarist and singer. Crayton was born in Rockdale, Texas. [2] . He began playing guitar seriously after moving to California in 1935, later settling in Oakland. [3] .

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Pee Wee Crayton was one of the brightest stars on the West Coast blues horizon when his 1948 recording of “Blues After Hours” reached No. 1 on Billboard magazine’s chart for “race records” (renamed “rhythm & blues” in 1949). It remains the only instrumental by a guitarist to ever occupy the top R&B spot.

2006年11月21日 · Blues guitarist Connie Curtis (Pee Wee) Crayton was born in Rockdale, Texas, on December 18, 1914. His family moved to Austin while he was a child. The boy, whose father called him Pee Wee in honor of a local pianist, began playing music early in life after building a makeshift guitar-like instrument from a cigar box.

2023年7月13日 · Pee Wee’s solo in “Texas Hop” marked a milestone in blues guitar. This excerpt finds him doling out inspired improvisations as he harnesses the power of repetition and short theme motifs a la T-Bone in bars 1-3 with an ostinato that presages similar tactics in early rock.

Connie Curtis “Pee Wee” Crayton was born December 18, 1914 in Rockdale, Texas. He was raised in Austin, where he entertained his classmates at Olive Street School on a cigar box guitar. He later practiced on a ukulele and played trumpet in the school band.

2000年9月1日 · Pee Wee Crayton was an icon and pioneer of modern blues guitar. With inspiration from jazz legend Charlie Christian and lessons from T-Bone Walker, Crayton helped define the emerging West Coast blues scene and electric blues …