Charlie Christian

US guitar player Born July 29, 1916 in Bonham, Texas, USA Died March 2, 1942 at Seaview Hospital, Staten Island NY, USA. Career began with occasional gigs as a bass player in combos around Oklahoma in the early years of the Depression. He spent more than a year with pianist 's sextet, which played in Casper, Wyoming, and Deadwood, South Dakota. Early inspiration for Christian came from who arrived with to perform…