page_title: Snooky Pryor
hierarchical_section_title: Snooky Pryor
caption_attribution_description: Backstage, Old St Paul's Hall, Edinburgh, June 1993 by Phil Wight
context_page_description: James Edward "Snooky" Pryor was an American Chicago blues harmonica player. He claimed to have pioneered the now-common method of playing amplified harmonica by cupping a small microphone in his hands along with the harmonica, although on his earliest records, in the late 1940s, he did not use this method.
context_section_description: James Edward "Snooky" Pryor (September 15, 1919 or 1921 – October 18, 2006) was an American Chicago blues harmonica player.  He claimed to have pioneered the now-common method of playing amplified harmonica by cupping a small microphone in his hands along with the harmonica, although on his earliest records, in the late 1940s, he did not use this method.
caption: Pryor in Edinburgh, June 1993
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