Silas Hogan was an American blues musician who played swamp blues and Louisiana blues.
11 Facts About Silas Hogan
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Silas Hogan was the front man of the Rhythm Ramblers.
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Silas Hogan learned to play the guitar as a teenager and was performing regularly by the late 1930s.
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Silas Hogan was influenced by Jimmy Reed, as were Lazy Lester and Slim Harpo.
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Silas Hogan had relocated to Baton Rouge, Louisiana, by the early 1950s and, equipped with a Fender electric guitar, formed the Rhythm Ramblers, with Isaiah Chapman, Jimmy Dotson, and Sylvester Buckley.
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In 1962, when Silas Hogan was 51, Slim Harpo introduced him to JD "Jay" Miller, a record producer based in Crowley, Louisiana.
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Miller, through the offices of Excello Records, started Silas Hogan's recording career, at a time when interest in variations of swamp blues was waning.
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Several singles by Silas Hogan were nevertheless released until 1965, when Miller's disagreement with the record label's new owners brought the recording contract to an abrupt end.
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On some of his recordings, Silas Hogan was backed by the harmonica player Moses "Whispering" Smith.
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Silas Hogan had to disband the group and returned to his full-time job at the Exxon oil refinery.
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Silas Hogan died in January 1994 of heart disease, at the age of 82.