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American singer-songwriter

Musical artist

Calvin Russell (born Calvert Russell Kosler; November 1, 1948 – April 3, 2011) was an American blues and roots rock singer-songwriter and guitarist.

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Early life and career

Russell was born in Austin, Texas, on November 1, 1948. The sixth in a family of nine, Calvin Russell spent his first five years virtually behind the counter at Sho Nuff Café, where his father Red cooked and his mother Daisy was a waitress.

At twelve, Calvin took up guitar and joined his first group, The Cavemen. At fifteen, he ran away to San Francisco.

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He survived on the road thanks to odd jobs and found himself imprisoned several times for petty teenage offenses. Disillusioned with the American model of financial and social success, he marginalized himself and sold cannabis in order to subsist.

Arrested several times, he spent ten years behind bars. On leaving one of his stays in prison, he embarked on a journey through the Great S