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The Guardian - UK
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Peter Sheppard

Letter: Giorgio Gomelsky’s club brought blues stars to Croydon

Giorgio Gomelsky ran Crawdaddy clubs in Richmond and Croydon.
Giorgio Gomelsky ran Crawdaddy clubs in Richmond and Croydon. Photograph: Jeremy Fletcher/Redferns

Giorgio Gomelsky had a rarely mentioned R&B club in Croydon called Crawdaddy, linking with groups at his Richmond Crawdaddy club and featuring Gary Farr and the T-Bones as house band.

Memorably, Giorgio booked the American blues musician T-Bone Walker, who claimed to have invented the electric guitar and played in a distinctive style, holding his electric acoustic guitar almost horizontally while playing. Sonny Boy Williamson also played there, wearing a striking grey-and-black quartered suit and a bowler hat.

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