Pink Anderson
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Pink Anderson (February 12, 1900–October 12, 1974) was a blues singer and guitarist, born on February 12, 1900 in Laurens, South Carolina. After being raised in Spartanburg (in NW South Carolina), he joined Dr. Kerr of the Indian Remedy Company in 1914 to entertain the crowds (sing, dance, in the early days) while Kerr tried to sell a concoction purported to have medicinal qualities. In 1916, in Spartanburg, Anderson met Simmie Dooley, from whom Pink learned to be a blues singer. When Anderson was not travelling with Dr. Kerr, he and Dooley would play small gatherings in Spartanburg and neighboring communities.
After Dr. Kerr retired in 1945, Anderson stayed pretty much close to home in Spartanburg, keeping his musical talents in tune with a small guitar and harmonica. Heart problems forced Anderson to retire in 1957. Pink's son, known as Little Pink Anderson is currently a bluesman in Georgia.[link]
Anderson recorded some songs in the 1960s and appeared in the 1963 film The Bluesmen.
Discography
- 1961 American Street Songs
- 1961 Vol. 1 Carolina Bluesman
- 1962 Carolina Medicine Show Hokum & Blues
- 1962 Vol. 2 Medicine Show Man
- 1963 Ballad & Folksinger, Vol. 3
The Pink in Pink Floyd
Roger 'Syd' Barrett derived the name "Pink Floyd" juxtapositioning the first names of Pink Anderson and Floyd Council he had read about in a sleevenote by Paul Oliver for a 1962 Blind Boy Fuller LP (Philips BBL-7512): "Curley Weaver and Fred McMullen, (...) Pink Anderson or Floyd Council -- these were a few amongst the many blues singers that were to be heard in the rolling hills of the Piedmont, or meandering with the streams through the wooded valleys."
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