caption associated_acts death_date death_place birth_name birth_place years_active image_size background birth_date instrument genre image article_title name
king biscuit boy in 1970 king and the chessmen and many others ronnie hawkins crowbar biscuit boy & gooduns the barons son richard 05 january 2003 hamilton , ontario , canada richard alfred newell hamilton , ontario , canada 1961 -- 2003 250px solo_singer 09 march 1944 vocals , guitar , harmonica blues soul , country blues , r & b , king biscuit boy.png king biscuit boy
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king biscuit boy

richard alfred newell -lrb- march 9 , 1944 -- january 5 , 2003 -rrb- , better known by his stage name king biscuit boy , was a canadian blues musician .
he was the first canadian blues artist to chart on the `` billboard '' hot 100 in the u.s. .
king biscuit boy played with artists such as muddy waters , joe cocker , and janis joplin .
