Eugene Floyd "Gene" Phillips (May 25, 1915 – January 10, 1990) was an American jump blues guitarist and singer.Ray Topping, Liner notes for Swinging the Blues, Ace Records. Retrieved 9 October 2016
He was born in St. Louis, Missouri, and took up the ukulele and later the guitar as a child. He also sang, influenced by, and a fan of, Big Joe Turner, Jimmy Rushing, Louis Jordan, and Wynonie Harris. He... meer