Editing Keb' Mo' (section)

{{short description|American blues singer, guitarist, and songwriter}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
|name            = Keb' Mo'
|image           = File:Keb Mo with Hamer guitar 26Jun2010.jpg
|caption         = Keb' Mo', with a [[Hamer Guitars|Hamer]] guitar, at the [[Crossroads Guitar Festival]], June 26, 2010
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|background      = solo_singer
|birth_name      = Kevin Roosevelt Moore
|birth_date      = {{birth date and age|1951|10|3}}
|birth_place     = [[South Los Angeles]], [[California]], U.S.<ref>{{cite web|author=Doug Henkle |url=http://www.folklib.net/index/discog/birth2days.shtml |title=FolkLib Index – Musician's Birthdays/Bibliography |publisher=Folklib.net |access-date=May 18, 2015}}</ref>
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|death_place     =
|origin          =
|instrument      = Vocals, guitar, harmonica, [[banjo]], [[mandolin]], bass, keyboards
|genre           = [[Delta blues]], [[country blues]], [[Americana (music)|Americana]]
|occupation      = Singer-songwriter, guitarist
|years_active    = 1970s–present
|label           = [[Chocolate City Records|Chocolate City]], [[Epic Records|Epic]], Yolabelle International, Kind Of Blue Music, Concord/Rounder Records
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}}

'''Kevin Roosevelt Moore''' (born October 3, 1951), known as '''Keb' Mo'''', is an American blues musician. He is a singer, guitarist and songwriter, living in [[Nashville, Tennessee]]. He has been described as "a living link to the seminal [[Delta blues]] that travelled up the [[Mississippi River]] and across the expanse of America."<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-01-31 |title=An Acoustic Evening with Keb' Mo' |url=https://www.lyrictheatre.com/past-show/5485- |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230207055309/https://www.lyrictheatre.com/past-show/5485- |archive-date=2023-02-07 |access-date=2023-12-02}}</ref> His post-modern blues style is influenced by many eras and genres, including folk, rock, jazz, pop and country. The moniker "Keb Mo" was coined by his original drummer, Quentin Dennard, and picked up by his record label as a "street talk" abbreviation of his given name.