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((short description|American singer))

((Use mdy dates|date=August 2021))
((Infobox musical artist
| name = Rufus Payne
| image = Rufus Payne Epitaph.jpg
| caption = Rufus Payne was buried in Lincoln Cemetery located in [[Montgomery, Alabama]]. This is the marker placed near his final resting place.
| image_size = 
| landscape = 
| background = solo_singer
| birth_name = Rufus Payne
| alias = Tee Tot
| birth_date = February 4, 1883
| birth_place = [[Greenville, Alabama]], US
| death_date = ((death date|1939|3|17|)) (aged 56)
| death_place = [[Montgomery, Alabama]], US
| origin = [[Montgomery, Alabama]], US
| instrument = Vocals, guitar
| genre = [[Blues]], [[Gospel music|gospel]], [[country music|country]]
| occupation = Singer-songwriter, musician
| label = 
| associated_acts = [[Hank Williams]]
))

'''Rufus "Tee Tot" Payne''' (February 4, 1883 – March 17, 1939) was an early-20th-century African-American [[blues]] musician from [[Greenville, Alabama]], who was more widely known by his nickname '''Tee Tot'''.

Payne's nickname of "Tee Tot" is an ironic [[pun]] for "[[Teetotalism|teetotaler]]". It is said that Payne received his nickname because he usually carried a homemade mixture of [[alcohol (drug)|alcohol]] and tea wherever he went.<ref>((cite web|url=http://thatnashvillesound.blogspot.com/2010/02/impact-on-country-music-by-rufus-payne.html|title=That Nashville Sound: The Impact On Country Music By Rufus Payne|date=February 19, 2010|website=Thenashvillesound.blogspot.com|access-date=May 16, 2018))</ref>

==Early life==
According to Alabama historian Alice Harp, Payne was born in 1883 on the Payne Plantation in Sandy Ridge, [[Lowndes County, Alabama]].<ref>[http://www.the9513.com/the-man-who-taught-hank-williams-how-to-play-guitar-the-story-of-rufus-payne The9513.com] ((webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100223032650/http://www.the9513.com/the-man-who-taught-hank-williams-how-to-play-guitar-the-story-of-rufus-payne/ |date=February 23, 2010 ))</ref>

==Career and influence==
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Some say Tee Tot played the blues alone((Who|date=August 2021)); others state that he led a little combo that played pop songs and [[hokum]] numbers and was a [[busker|street musician]].

Tee Tot is best known for being a mentor to [[Hank Williams]]. Rufus Payne met Hank Williams when Hank was eight years old, and legend has it that he would come around and play Hank's guitar, showing Hank how to improvise chords. His influence in exposing Williams to blues and other African American influences helped Williams successfully fuse [[hillbilly]], [[folk music|folk]] and blues into his own unique style, which in turn expanded and exposed both [[white people|white]] and [[black people|black]] audiences to the differing sounds.

==Death==
Payne died at a charity hospital in [[Montgomery, Alabama]], on March 17, 1939, at the age of 56.<ref>((cite web|url=http://www.cmt.com/news/country-music/1486323/hank-williams-the-biography-book-excerpt.jhtml|title=Hank Williams: The Biography Book Excerpt|website=Cmt.com|access-date=May 16, 2018))</ref> He is buried at [[Lincoln Cemetery (Montgomery Alabama)|Lincoln Cemetery]] in Montgomery; as the exact location of his gravesite is unknown, a memorial to him stands near the entrance to the cemetery, paid for by [[Hank Williams Jr.]] and other members of the [[Grand Ole Opry]].<ref>((cite web |url=http://joeb-tallyho.blogspot.com/2010/04/tee-tots-memorial-he-was-hank-williams.html |title=Rufus Payne's(Tee Tot's) Memorial- He was Hank Williams First Music Teacher |date=April 1, 2010 |website=Joeb-tallyho.blogspot.com |access-date=May 16, 2018))</ref>

==Tributes==
[[Hank Williams, Jr.]] paid tribute to Tee Tot's influence on his father through "The Tee Tot Song" on his ''[[The Almeria Club Recordings|Almeria Club]]'' album.<ref>((cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1817&dat=20030104&id=SdAdAAAAIBAJ&pg=2826,1013381 |title=Hank's History |last=Berry |first=Chad |date=January 4, 2003 |page=1D |newspaper=The Tuscaloosa News |access-date=May 16, 2018))</ref><ref>((cite web |url=https://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/hank-williams-about-hank-williams/734/#:~:text=He%20learned%20traditional%20folk%20ballads,him%20overcome%20his%20innate%20shyness. |title=Hank Williams: Honky Tonk Blues |date=August 10, 2005 |first=Colin |last=Escott |author-link=Colin Escott |website=[[PBS]] |access-date=July 7, 2020))</ref>

He was portrayed by actor [[Rex Ingram (actor)|Rex Ingram]] in the 1964 Hank Williams biopic ''[[Your Cheatin' Heart (film)|Your Cheatin' Heart]]''.<ref>((cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1969/09/20/archives/rex-ingrain-the-actor-dies-in-hollywood-at-73-his-portrayal-of-de.html |title=Rex Ingram, the Actor, Dies in Hollywood at 73; His Portrayal of De Lawd in 'Green Pastures' Hailed-Medical School Graduate |date=September 20, 1969 |newspaper=New York Times |access-date=July 7, 2020))</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:American blues singers]]
[[Category:American blues guitarists]]
[[Category:American male guitarists]]
[[Category:African-American guitarists]]
[[Category:American buskers]]
[[Category:Musicians from Montgomery, Alabama]]
[[Category:Blues musicians from Alabama]]
[[Category:Guitarists from Alabama]]
[[Category:People from Greenville, Alabama]]
[[Category:20th-century American guitarists]]
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