Date of Birth
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06-March-1893
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Place of Birth
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Greenwood
(Leflore County, Mississippi, United States of America)
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Nationality
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United States of America
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Also know as
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Lewis, Furry, Walter Lewis
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Profession
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Singer, Musician, Guitarist, Songwriter
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Walter E. "Furry" Lewis was an American country blues guitarist and songwriter from Memphis, Tennessee. Lewis was one of the first of the old-time blues musicians of the 1920s to be brought out of retirement, and given a new lease of recording life, by the folk blues revival of the 1960s.
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