Boyd Rivers (December 25, 1934 – November 22, 1993) was an American

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singer and guitarist. He was born near Pickens in

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and started playing blues guitar at the age of 13, but three years later switched into spirituals. After moving to

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he was first recorded by

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, John Bishop and Worth Long in 1979. In 1979 he played at the Mississippi Delta Blues Festival. He died in

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on November 22, 1993. In 2012, an album of Rivers work that had been recorded in 1991 and 1993, ''You Can't Make Me Doubt'', was released on Mississippi Records.

References

External links

Boyd Rivers at Discogs.com
{{DEFAULTSORT:Rivers, Boyd 1934 births 1993 deaths 20th-century American musicians Gospel blues musicians