Sylvia Lee Barton was born in Arkansas in 1941. She learned to play piano as a child, but Sylvia had a voice fitted for Gospel and in turn was hired by The Southern Echoes Gospel group when she was 19. She then moved to Memphis to pursue a singing career.
Things didn't work well in Memphis, so in the early 60's she relocated to Chicago where she worked the Southside clubs. While on the club circuit she met guitarist Johnny Embry, whom she married.
Sylvia learned to play bass because her husband needed a new bassist, and she figured she could easily learn jowls to play. She joined her husband's band and played with him for a while before branching out to play with other local bands.
Queen Sylvia started making a name for herself as one of the only female bass players on the Chicago scene. She began to play blurs festivals across the country and in Europe. She was featured in the 1980 album "Living Chicago Blues Vol. 6" and she released a solo album titled "Midnight Baby".
Queen Sylvia joined the Ancestors in 1992, at just 50 years old.
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