Brooker T Laury Note
by Donna Greene
Title
Brooker T Laury Note
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Donna Greene
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Photograph - Digital Photography
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Lawrence “Booker T.” Laury was born in 1914 in Memphis. Laury grew up with Peter Chatman, also known as “Memphis Slim.” Along with friend Mose Vinson, Laury and Chatman began playing in the clubs and card rooms of the city. Even with the pinky finger of his left hand missing from a machine saw accident, Laury was an accomplished keyboard player. In 1935, Laury and Chatman caught the attention of a musical talent scout who invited them to come to Chicago. Chatham went and subsequently had an international music career. Laury stayed in Memphis and continued to play gambling halls and clubs the rest of his life, not achieving fame until a cameo appearance in the film “Great Balls of Fire.” He began recording when he was 80-years-old.
Booker T. Laury died of cancer, in September 1995 in Memphis, at the age of 81. He has a brass note on Beale's Walk of Fame.
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