Beverly Watkins

Beverly Watkins
Also known asBeverly "Guitar" Watkins
Born(1939-04-06)April 6, 1939
Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
DiedOctober 1, 2019(2019-10-01) (aged 80)
Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
GenresBlues
Occupation(s)Guitarist, singer
InstrumentGuitar
Years active1959–2019

Beverly "Guitar" Watkins (April 6, 1939 – October 1, 2019) was an American blues guitarist. Sandra Pointer-Jones wrote, "Beverly Watkins is a pyrotechnic guitar maven whose searing, ballistic attacks on the guitar have become allegorical tales within the blues community." George Varga, reviewing her debut CD, observed that Watkins “sings and plays with enough poise and verve to make musicians half her age or younger consider alternative means of employment.”