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- Page 6: ASSOCIATE EDITOR Daphne Duval Harri
- Page 10 and 11: A ABC-Paramount/Bluesway Abner, Ewa
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- Page 18 and 19: Hammond, John Henry, Jr. Hammond, J
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- Page 28 and 29: Tangerine Records Tarheel Slim Tarn
- Page 30: White, Georgia White, Joshua Daniel
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- Page 56 and 57: Morris Levy Harvard University Ande
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- Page 61 and 62: INTRODUCTION lx records were kept e
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ACE, JOHNNY ACE, JOHNNY b. John Mar
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ADAMS, FAYE Bibliography Larkin; Sa
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ADVENT RECORDS Discography Stefan W
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AFRICA Wilson Pickett, and Ray Char
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AJAX AJAX Record label of the Ajax
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ALABAMA whose raucous soul blues ha
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ALEXANDER, DAVE (OMAR HAKIM KHAYYAM
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ALLIGATOR labels and in many cases
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ALLISON, MOSE He led his own trio f
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AMERICAN FOLK BLUES FESTIVAL (AFBF)
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ANDERSON, PINKNEY ‘‘PINK’’
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ARCENAUX, FERNEST ARCENAUX, FERNEST
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ARKANSAS the Arkansas Delta, a musi
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ARMSTRONG, JAMES ARMSTRONG, JAMES b
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ARNOLD, KOKOMO Bibliography AMG; Ha
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ATLANTIC/ATCO/SPARK as well as semi
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BABY PLEASE DON’T GO/DON’T YOU
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was the headlining act at a club in
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Discography: DGR Charley Lincoln an
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Black String Bands What were the fi
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Commercial recordings tapped rich j
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For a composite example of the musi
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elsewhere. Clifton Chenier, who pla
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usually thirteen to fourteen inches
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The decline of the five-string banj
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Bibliography DGR; Sutton Dixon, Rob
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BARNES, GEORGE b. 17 July 1921; Chi
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Bibliography Larkin; New Grove Jazz
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of the workload needed to pluck the
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BASS, FONTELLA b. 3 July 1940; St.
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BATTS, WILL b. 24 January 1904; Mic
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mid-1960s was Son House. John Moone
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thirty superb blues between 1927 an
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‘‘Goodnight My Love,’’ a to
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BENTON, BROOK b. Benjamin Franklin
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Love, Will Travel.’’ Born near
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in Chicago’s subway tunnels for t
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a truly postwar music group, one co
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BIOGRAPH As with many other indepen
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audience, however, King retains the
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lack newspapers, especially among o
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celebration of faith in song. Black
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The Gospel Evangelists The affinity
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Choirs Every church has at least on
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a striking demonstration of the ind
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Bumps Blackwell led jazz and R&B ba
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He dazzled audiences with the same
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Michigan, in 1971. Live music was a
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eleased on Chess Records, was well
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BLUES Blues: A type of music that m
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1955, a twelve-measure blues song h
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Some transcribers will render ‘
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intact, and such retention and repe
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Rice, learned a shuffling song and
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(It must be remembered that jazz be
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Carr of Indianapolis, Indiana, with
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with Scrapper Blackwell functioning
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1954. Frank Edwards and others were
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The way blues records were being is
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showed the way, but many more were
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purchased the Chess catalog in the
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Southern, Eileen. Music of Black Am
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access to the written word under sl
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Individual members Korner and Davie
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BOGART, DEANNA b. 1960; Detroit, MI
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and never fulfilled his potential.
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Red Hot (1977, Blind Pig Records).
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BOUCHILLON, CHRIS b. 21 August 1893
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Began playing harmonica in Mississi
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Last name sometimes shown as ‘‘
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BREWER, JIM ‘‘BLIND’’ b. 3
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Rust, Brian. The American Record La
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Big Bill Broonzy in the 1940s. (Pho
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accompanying himself on acoustic gu
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forty years. His first released rec
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and Milt Buckner. There was even a
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Man in Show Business,’’ Brown m
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about the Titanic sinking of 1912)
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Guitarist, singer, ethnomusicologis
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and developed an expressive signatu
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6, 1902, Stewart County, TN; d. Dec
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the Blues Began and Deep Blues and
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In Chicago, Butler did police work
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Ellis III, Tom. ‘‘The Real Worl
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CAESAR, HARRY ‘‘LITTLE’’ 19
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CAMEO Rust, Brian. The American Rec
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CANNON, GUS music. He recorded for
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CARELESS LOVE Billie and Dede Pierc
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CARR, LEROY Discography: DGR Comple
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CARTER, BO tunes but rare in the do
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CASEY, SMITH the Texas Department o
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C. C. RIDER again all part of the f
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CHANCE Bibliography Pruter, Robert,
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CHART include Rufus Beacham, Elder
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CHAVIS, BOOZOO business. He recorde
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CHENIER, CLIFTON Bibliography Ancel
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CHICAGO racism that was then still
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CHICAGO Early important pianists on
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CHICAGO Blues Festival. Sadly, many
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CHITLIN CIRCUIT Club Ebony, Indiano
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CINCINNATI from slave states like n
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CLARK, ‘‘BIG’’ SAM CLARK,
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CLARKE, WILLIAM twice rewarded with
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CLAYTON, WILLIE CLAYTON, WILLIE b.
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COBB, ARNETT remainder of his life
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COLEMAN, GARY ‘‘B. B.’’ Joh
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COLLINS, ALBERT After three albums,
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COLUMBIA The labels were bought by
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CONVICT LABOR work song for complet
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COOPER, JACK L. presiding over a hu
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COSSE, IKE 1983 he began a four-yea
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COTTON, JAMES Discography: LSFP, AM
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COUNTRY MUSIC recorded, though his
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COVINGTON, ROBERT unit that made go
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COX, IDA ‘‘Coffin Blues.’’
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CRAY, ROBERT The follow-up album to
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CREAM Bibliography Welch, Chris. Cr
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CRUDUP, ARTHUR WILLIAM ‘‘BIG BO
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CURTIS, JAMES ‘‘PECK’’ them
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DALLAS, LEROY Bibliography Harris;
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DANCE: AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION trend
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DAVENPORT, COW-COW DAVENPORT, COW-C
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DAVIS, ‘‘BLIND’’ JOHN Bibli
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DAVIS, LARRY DAVIS, LARRY b. 4 Dece
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DAVIS, QUINT Bibliography Davis, J.
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DAVIS, REVEREND GARY Danny Birch, M
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DE LUXE/REGAL ———. ‘‘A De
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DELAFOSE, GENO Bibliography AMG (Ja
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DERBY (NEW YORK) Bibliography Pearl
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DETROIT JUNIOR DETROIT JUNIOR b. Em
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DIDDLEY, BO earned a pop career, Di
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DILLARD, VARETTA Discography: AMG S
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DISCOGRAPHY Rainey (who recorded wi
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DIXON, WILLIE JAMES Willie Dixon wi
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DIXON, WILLIE JAMES 2385); Memphis
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DOMINO, FATS regularly at the Hidea
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DORSEY, THOMAS A. for Paramount. Al
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DR. DADDY-O DR. DADDY-O b. Vernon W
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DRIFTING BLUES original lyrics. Thi
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DRUMS or more ‘‘trap tables’
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DUKE Moonoogian, George, and Roger
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DUPONT, AUGUST ‘‘DIMES’’ Sa
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EAGLIN, SNOOKS b. Ford Eaglin, Jr.,
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Ragged Blues’’ b/w ‘‘Honey
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Bibliography Santelli Moon, D. Thom
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‘‘Build Myself a Cave’’ and
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ELEKTRA RECORDS Jac Holzman and Pau
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Bibliography AMG (Steve Huey); Lark
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Blues,’’ and ‘‘Broken-Heart
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Bibliography Pruter, Robert. ‘‘
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house accompanist for blues artists
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FAHEY, JOHN of his work, including
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FATTENING FROGS FOR SNAKES Vocalion
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FIDDLE probably unrelated.) The ear
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FIDDLE After acquiring a violin, he
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FIDDLE Muddy Waters: First Recordin
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FIELDS, KANSAS Fitzgerald, Eddie Co
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FIFE AND DRUMS Othar Turner playing
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FILMS performance itself is superb,
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FILMS Throughout the 1970s and into
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FIRE/FURY/ENJOY/RED ROBIN from bad
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FLASH Bibliography Cook, Les, Victo
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FLYING FISH Bibliography O’Neal,
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FORD, ROBBEN LEE Bibliography AMG (
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FORMS 12-measure blues form (B) Mea
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FORMS ’n’ roll musicians as div
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FOSTER, ‘‘BABY FACE’’ LEROY
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FRAN, CAROL a regional attraction b
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FRANKLIN, REVEREND C. L. Bibliograp
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FULLER, BLIND BOY Blind Boy Fuller.
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FULSON, LOWELL FULSON, LOWELL b. 31
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FUNK African characteristics, in ef
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GADDY, BOB b. 4 February 1924; Vivi
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age sixteen Gaines moved to Los Ang
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sales went to a slightly later vers
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Garon’s focus on poetic protest a
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GAYTEN, PAUL b. 29 January 1920; Ne
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Blues music traces its origins in p
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Discography: AMG; LSFP See also Eme
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entice Lightnin’ Hopkins to leave
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jukebox market, covers of hits by a
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their 1936 recording sessions in Ha
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perpetual debt for many black agric
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Smith’s recording of ‘‘Trombo
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Green replaced Clapton in the Blues
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Bibliography Larkin Schuller, Tim.
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GUESNON, GEORGE ‘‘CURLEY’’
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lumber camps circa the 1880s before
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standard for sound and playability
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Davis, Lightnin’ Hopkins, and Man
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in Germany as well, and performs re
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was different. Slim used heavily di
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GUY, GEORGE ‘‘BUDDY’’ b. 30
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HADDIX, TRAVIS b. 26 November 1938;
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with the band, and promoted it at e
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self-published his ‘‘The Memphi
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Gonna Murder My Baby’’—a viol
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Blues Harmonica Playing Tongue bloc
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ut favored the lower four holes (Li
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Handy, W. C. Father of the Blues. N
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a thorough knowledge of the complet
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Bibliography Nelson, David. ‘‘T
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Bibliography AMG (Ken Chang) Discog
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own Kangaroo imprint. Produced the
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tambourine. After recovering from a
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important rock guitarist of all tim
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Bibliography Harris; Larkin Discogr
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y Motown, and currently it is reiss
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Specializes in the music of Memphis
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cities, they did so while displacin
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HILL, MICHAEL b. 29 June 1952; New
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In the twentieth century, the socia
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Lidia Mendoza ca. 1936. (Photo cour
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Charters, Samuel Charters. Recorded
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The Lomax’s American Ballads and
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Rockliff, 1969) that is still usefu
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(1961) frequently had blues acts li
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1998), while several books in Paul
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HITE, LES b. Leslie Leroy Hite, 13
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What is often overlooked in the fix
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HOLLOWAY, RED b. James Wesley Hollo
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A relative and disciple of Tommy Jo
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eligions provide a process for the
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commodifies working class black Ame
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HOOKER, JOHN LEE b. 22 August 1917;
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Award for best blues recording. In
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Lightnin’ Hopkins. (Photo by Tom
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HOUSE, EDDIE ‘‘SON’’ b. 21
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and Bonnie wanted House to open for
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Ramsey, Jr., Frederic, and Charles
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West Coast boogie-woogie pianist an
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turn his people down to go play a j
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part of the ‘‘From Spirituals t
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company sued him to change the titl
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Preacher come to your house, you as
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the death of her mother, Hunter lef
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Mississippi John Hurt. (Photo court
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Hutto endured almost a decade of to
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I BELIEVE I’LL MAKE A CHANGE (DUS
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I’M GONNA MOVE TO THE OUTSKIRTS O
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JACKSON, ARMAND ‘‘JUMP’’ b.
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lues singer, hardly any factual bio
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JACKSON, JOHN b. 25 February 1924;
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Bibliography Nelson, David. ‘‘V
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The Biharis did not renew their con
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Discography: AMG; LSFP At Last! (19
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however, he plucked with his finger
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generations of blues fans—or blue
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JAZZ Distinction Between the Jazz T
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though that New Orleans was jazz’
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oogie-woogie pianists to positions
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Discontented swing musicians accuse
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new area of exploration and experim
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While it would seem he was most hap
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Swinton, Paul. ‘‘A Twist of Lem
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ecorded less than a year after John
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Mississippi John Hurt’s ‘‘Spi
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JOHNSON, BLIND WILLIE b. 22 January
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ecorded for Roulette. His last reco
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JOHNSON, JOE b. 19 January 1942; In
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1917. When he returned, he found ou
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JOHNSON, PETE b. Kermit Holden John
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1937, issue of New Masses. Other no
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Transcriptions: Anslie, Scott, and
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Skip James among others). He made t
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his mother, Bobby Patterson, Johnni
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JONES, DENNIS ‘‘LITTLE HAT’
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JONES, MAGGIE b. Fae Barnes, 1900;
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Publicity photo of Louis Jordan. (I
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JSP Record label of John Stedman (P
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juke joints are interactive, combin
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DROP INN’’ is painted directly
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KANSAS CITY St. Louis, Chicago, Mem
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KANSAS CITY RED Discography Old Fri
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KEB’ MO’ was unable to continue
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KEY TO THE HIGHWAY and emotional ur
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KIMBROUGH, JUNIOR One of the most i
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KING, ALBERT He later performed wit
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KING CURTIS KING CURTIS b. Curtis O
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KING, RILEY B. ‘‘B. B.’’ B.
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KING, RILEY B. ‘‘B. B.’’ Ki
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KIRKLAND, LEROY Bibliography Larkin
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KORNER, ALEXIS band of London’s M
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LAMBERT, LLOYD of New Orleans blues
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LASALLE, DENISE gospel style and ri
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LAY, SAM Bob Dylan’s legendary el
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LEADBITTER, MICHAEL ANDREW ‘‘MI
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LEAVY, HOSEA LEAVY, HOSEA b. 26 Nov
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LEE, LOVIE Bibliography Brisbin, Jo
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LEMBO, KIM LEMBO, KIM b. 1967 Singe
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LET THE GOOD TIMES ROLL soundtracks
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LEWIS, FURRY LEWIS, FURRY b. Walter
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LEWIS, SMILEY Shame, Shame, grasps
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LIBRARIES Center for Black Music Re
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LIBRARIES Most of the foundation’
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LIBRARIES and observers covering th
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LIGGINS, JOE 1945. By 1949, Liggins
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LIPSCOMB, MANCE LIPSCOMB, MANCE b.
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LITERATURE, BLUES IN write social r
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LITERATURE, BLUES IN ———. Mon
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LITTLE MILTON Selected Recordings F
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LITTLE RICHARD and Roll Hall of Fam
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LOMAX, ALAN Discography Negro Sinfu
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LOUIS, JOE HILL LOUIS, JOE HILL b.
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LOWE, SAMMY LOWE, SAMMY b. 14 May 1
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LUMBER CAMPS Maxwell, Robert S., an
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LYNCHING AND THE BLUES Billie Holid
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MACY’S MACY’S Macy Lela Henry,
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MAGIC SLIM decided to leave this co
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MALACO/WALDOXY in 1980, Malaco with
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MANDOLIN and many people subsequent
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MARKETING MARKETING The Business of
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MARKETING draw audiences, though so
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MARKETING themselves on national te
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MATCHBOX BLUES MATCHBOX BLUES This
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MAYES, PETE sharecroppers on the bo
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MAYWEATHER, ‘‘EARRING’’ GEO
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MCCLENNAN, TOMMY that was truly iro
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MCCOY, ROBERT EDWARD Kidnapper. He
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MCGILL, ROLLEE through the 1980s. T
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MCSHANN, JAMES COLUMBUS ‘‘JAY
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MCTELL, BLIND WILLIE indulged his p
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MEAN MISTREATER MAMA 02657); the se
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MELROSE, LESTER Melrose’s system
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MEMPHIS as the 1915 Boll Weevil epi
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MEMPHIS Interest generated by colle
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MEMPHIS JUG BAND more rural, blues-
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MEMPHIS PIANO RED MEMPHIS PIANO RED
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MERCURY/FONTANA/KEYNOTE/BLUE ROCK i
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MILLER, POLK Bibliography Funk, R.
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MISSISSIPPI MISSISSIPPI Mississippi
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MISSISSIPPI SHEIKS Shreveport, Loui
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MITCHELL, WILLIE produced hit recor
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MUSTANG SALLY All you want to do is
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NAFTALIN, MARK (Elektra 2005); In M
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NEAL, KENNY Discography: AMG Bio on
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NELSON, TRACY Time Is on My Side th
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NIGHTHAWKS three hundred gigs a yea
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OAKLAND Although there were night c
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Bibliography AMG (Bill Dahl); Harri
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as an independent subsidiary. Only
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theme to end his record ‘‘Milk
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1920s, but after Plaza’s labels w
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OVERSTREET, NATHANIEL ‘‘POPS’
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PAGE, ORAN THADDEUS ‘‘HOT LIPS
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The 12000 Race series was initiated
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were. The Baby Face Leroy (featurin
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a phrase while his guitar stressed
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PAYTON, ASIE b. 12 April 1937; Wash
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underground until 1865, followed la
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1946), Jazz Tempo, Just Jazz, and s
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Goldmine (Iola, Wisconsin) (1974- )
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New York, in 1955, to find success
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heavily would eventually metamorpho
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freedom of right-hand improvisation
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switch to Hammond organ and create
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Discography: AMG See also Fabulous
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Blake seemingly based his playing s
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Pearson, Barry Lee. Virginia Piedmo
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PITTSBURGH Pittsburgh has long had
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PORTER, KING b. James A. Pope, 23 N
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such as Sonny Boy Williamson I and
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to the market much important and ob
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QUATTLEBAUM, DOUG He recorded three
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RACHELL, YANK While no mandolin app
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RACIAL ISSUES AND THE BLUES form ro
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RADIO Aleck Miller ‘‘Sonny Boy
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RAILROADS By 1860, Chicago had esta
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RAILROADS Perhaps the most widely k
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RAINEY, GERTRUDE ‘‘MA’’ par
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RANKIN, R. S. Walker memorial conce
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RAWLS, JOHNNY blues, especially the
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RECORDED IN HOLLYWOOD/HOLLYWOOD/CAS
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RECORDING RCA was recording music i
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RECORDING the great self-accompanie
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RECORDING Delmark and Alligator con
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RED ROOSTER, THE and was subsequent
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REED, JIMMY Jimmy Reed. (Photo cour
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REED, JIMMY Romanowski, 3rd ed., p.
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RHINO finest achievement was partne
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RHYTHM WILLIE Certainly not a stric
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ROBINSON, JESSIE MAE becoming perha
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ROCHESTER, NEW YORK Bibliography Cu
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ROCK ’N’ ROLL (1959, covered by
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ROCK ’N’ ROLL Howlin’ Wolf).
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ROGERS, JIMMY Jimmy Rogers was inst
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ROLL AND TUMBLE BLUES In 1936 Missi
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ROOTS/PALTRAM/TRUTH/FOR SPECIALISTS
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ROUNDER signings of Gatemouth Brown
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RUSH, BOBBY Chicago alongside Luthe
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RUSHING, JAMES ANDREW ‘‘JIMMY
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SAIN, OLIVER leader was a disco hit
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SANDERS, WILL ROY ‘‘WILROY’
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SAYDAK, KEN SAYDAK, KEN b. 18 Augus
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SCALES modes are generated by start
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SCOTT, BUDDY Bibliography AMG (Bill
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SCRUGGS, IRENE her death in West Ge
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SEE THAT MY GRAVE IS KEPT CLEAN Doz
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SEX AS LYRIC CONCEPT blues music an
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SHAMA the recording for the company
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SHAW, EDDIE ‘‘VAAN,’’ JR. B
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SHINES, JOHNNY In 1934, Shines team
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SIGNIFYING MONKEY, THE SIGNIFYING M
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SIMS, HENRY ‘‘SON’’ SIMS, H
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SINGING more people. While black ty
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SINGING Two other important singers
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SINGING among them was Muddy Waters
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SINGING recordings are excellent in
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SINGLETON, T-BONE SINGLETON, T-BONE
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SMITH, BESSIE SMITH, BESSIE b. 15 A
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SMITH, CLARENCE ‘‘PINE TOP’
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SMITH, LUCIUS SMITH, LUCIUS b. 9 No
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SMITH, ROBERT CURTIS in Clarksdale,
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SMOKESTACK LIGHTNING train, bells.
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SOILEAU, FLOYD Louisiana. He began
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SOUL helping to lay the seeds for t
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SOUL doors to outdoor sessions seve
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SPADY, CLARENCE For much of the 198
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SPANN, OTIS Otis Spann. (Photo cour
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SPECIALTY/FIDELITY/JUKE BOX Abernat
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SPECTER, DAVE Bibliography AMG (Bil
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SPIVEY, ADDIE ‘‘SWEET PEASE’
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SPOONFUL (A SPOONFUL BLUES) EG, EG,
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ST. LOUIS BLUES variety between two
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STACK LEE Despite strong arguments
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STARK, COOTIE from Reverend Gary Da
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STEPNEY, BILLIE Bibliography Leadbi
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STORMY MONDAY A clean unison ending
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STREHLI, ANGELA Dreams Come True (1
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SUGAR BLUE who had come before. Pri
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SWEDEN jazz programs. Several of th
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SYKES, ROOSEVELT SYKES, ROOSEVELT b
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TAGGART, BLIND JOE Flourished 1920s
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TALTY, DON b. 16 August 1911; Chica
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next recordings accordingly, nearly
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when asked by Basie to replace rece
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friend Uncle Johnnie Williams, he b
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musicians, and on occasion she woul
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contemporary blues and soul singers
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profile, appearing at more venues a
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African American artists rendering
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TEN YEARS AFTER Key participants in
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TEXAS Geography Given the vast expa
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stay for the murder of his wife. Wi
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purveyors, as similar artists such
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San Antonio Texas blues has long be
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audibly thrilling. Among fans, Thar
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angry words are overshadowed by the
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THOMAS, BLANCHE b. 16 October 1922;
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Bibliography AMG (Uncle Dave Lewis)
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Bibliography Larkin Harris, Sheldon
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THOMPSON, ALPHONSO ‘‘SONNY’
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Big Mama Thornton performs at the N
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artists recorded by the operation w
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TOO TIGHT HENRY b. Henry L. Castle,
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that Luella Miller recorded for Voc
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The Natchez Fire (1940) The horribl
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Conclusion In addition to the diffe
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of the era included George Dixon, J
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lead to high rates of death, social
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performer. In 1985 he was presented
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Publications The following are full
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Bibliography Larkin Bruder, Jay.
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Arhoolie, Acoustic Archives, Alliga
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‘‘Five Long Years,’’ ‘‘
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Wells at Theresa’s. Also a studio
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UNITED KINGDOM AND IRELAND player C
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UNITED KINGDOM AND IRELAND included
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UNITED STATES peaks and its valleys
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UNITED STATES From the 1970s forwar
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USA label in Milwaukee in 1959 in p
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VANGUARD VANGUARD Founded as the Va
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VAUGHAN, STEVIE RAY in these semipr
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VAUGHAN, STEVIE RAY The Sky Is Cryi
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VICKSBURG BLUES lyrics, although th
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VIOLENCE AS LYRIC CONCEPT hat. Thes
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WALKER, BLIND WILLIE b. 1896; SC d.
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featuring his former bandmates the
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upgraded the music with a combinati
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Sippie Wallace ca. 1924. (Photo cou
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which later grew to have as many bl
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WASHINGTON, LEROY b. 1 March 1932;
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WATERS, ETHEL b. Ethel Howard, 31 O
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harmonica player. The trio develope
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a teenager. She began playing with
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soul/blues performers such as Tyron
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eceived from these guest stints som
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WHEATSTRAW, PEETIE b. William Bunch
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and personally. Until the late 1980
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Bukka White at the Newport Folk Fes
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WHITE, MISS LAVELLE b. 3 July 1929;
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WILKINS, REVEREND ROBERT TIMOTHY
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years were memorialized in Joe’s
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musicians playing with fire, sponta
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WILLIAMS, JOE b. Joseph Goreed, 12
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maintains close contact with his ol
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that high a level of expressiveness
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generations with his work. His reco
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as a cross-generational conduit of
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WILMER, VAL b. Valerie Sybil Wilmer
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moved to New York in 1921. Her reco
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to ever sing (or perform any instru
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musicians, the African American com
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1954 R&B hit, and while ‘‘Annie
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Bibliography Santelli Discography H
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YANCEY, MAMA ESTELLE Lived in Chica
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YOUNG, ZORA soul/blues revues with
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ZZ TOP ‘‘Boogie Chillen,’’
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INDEX African Americans banjo, deve
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INDEX American South (Continued ) b
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INDEX Atlantic/Atco/Spark (Continue
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INDEX Batts, Will, 67, 317, 932 Bat
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INDEX Bishop, Elvin, 20, 83, 442, 7
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INDEX ‘‘Blues Capital of the Wo
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INDEX Booker, John Lee. See Hooker,
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INDEX Burnt Weeny Sandwich, 411 Bur
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INDEX Cephas, John, 118, 190, 257,
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INDEX Chicago (Continued ) race rio
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INDEX Come on Home, 669 Come On in
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INDEX Crying for the Carolines (boo
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INDEX Delmore, Rabon, 231 Delta Blu
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INDEX Dot Records, 280, 719, 882 Al
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INDEX Eight-measure form, 337 8000
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INDEX Ferguson, Johnny and His Twis
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INDEX Fraher, James, 446 Fran, Caro
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INDEX Girl I Love, She Got Long Cur
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INDEX Griffin, ‘‘Big’’ Mike
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INDEX Harris, Homer, 412 Harris, Ke
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INDEX Hit It ‘n’ Quit It, 856 H
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INDEX Huckle Buck, The, 1083 Huckma
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INDEX If I Can’t Cut the Mustard
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INDEX James, Nehemiah ‘‘Skip,
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INDEX Johnson, Lonnie (Continued )
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INDEX Keskidee (magazine), 754 Key
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INDEX Lawlars, Ernest ‘‘Little
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INDEX Little Sister, 779 Little Son
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INDEX Lucky Strikes!, 763 Lucy Mae
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INDEX McCollum, Robert. See Nightha
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INDEX Milburn, Amos, 691, 866 Gary,
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INDEX Mother of the Blues: A Study
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INDEX New Masses (periodical), 399,
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INDEX Old Memphis, King, Willie and
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INDEX PBS series, American Promise,
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INDEX Popular culture, 153, 415, 52
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INDEX Ragtime, 509-510 black string
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INDEX Rex label, 664 Reynolds, Big
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INDEX Roland, Walter, 845 with Boga
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INDEX Scott, Marylin (Mary DeLoatch
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INDEX Six Cold Feet in the Ground,
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INDEX South, 595 Southbound Blues,
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INDEX Sumlin, Hubert, 102 AFBF Euro
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INDEX Terry, Sonny, 115, 669, 871,
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INDEX Too Weak to Fight, 496 Toombs
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INDEX United States, evolution of t
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INDEX Walker, T-Bone, 1044-1046 wit
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INDEX West Coast style, 188, 861 We
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INDEX Williams, Robert Pete, 388, 3
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INDEX You Don’t Know Like I Know