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Steve Arvey   Steve started playing music when he was 18 years old. While in college in Gainesville, Florida he met John Vilardo--the first person he ever jammed with. At about the same time, he got a new roomate by the name of Ben Andrews, a country-blues-ragtime guitarist from Washington, DC. "Ben turned me on to the great country bluesmen like Charley Patton, Robert Johnson, Bukka White, and Leadbelly... to name a few," says Arvey. "When I first heard Leadbelly it seemed my whole life changed." Eventually Ben and Arvey formed a band that later became Bo Diddley's backing band. More...  
 





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