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THEMATIC LIST OF ENTRIES Barrelhouse Bayou Bea & Baby Beacon Bear Family Big Town Biograph Black & Blue/Isabel/Riverboat Black & White Black Magic Black Patti Black Swan Records Black Top Blind Pig Blue Horizon Blue Lake Blue Moon (Spain) Blue Suit Blue Thumb Bluebird Blues and Rhythm Blues Boy’s Kingdom Blues Connoisseur Bobbin Brainstorm Broadway Bronze Brunswick Bullet Burnside Records C.J. Cameo Cannonball Records Capitol Catfish Cava-Tone Recording Cee-Jay Celeste Champion (Indiana) Champion (Tennessee) Chance Charly Chart Chess/Aristocrat/Checker/Argo/Cadet Chief/Profile/Age Class Classics Club 51 Cobra/Artistic Collectables Columbia Combo Conqueror Coun-tree Crazy Cajun Records xlviii Crown Danceland De Luxe/Regal Decca Decca/Coral/MCA Delmark Derby (New York) Dial Dig/Ultra Document DooTone/DooTo/Authentic Dot Drummond Duke Duke/Peacock/Back Beat Earwig Ebony (1) Ebony (2) Edison Edsel El Bee (El + Bee) Electro-Fi Elektra Records Elko Evidence Excello/Nashboro Excelsior/Exclusive Fame Fantasy/Prestige/Bluesville/Galaxy/Milestone/ Riverside Record Companies Feature Fedora Fire/Fury/Enjoy/Red Robin Flash Flying Fish Formal Fortune/Hi-Q Four Brothers Freedom/Eddie’s Frisco Frog/Cygnet Gennett Giant/Gamma/Globe Glover Gold Star Goldband Records Goldwax Gotham/20th Century Harmograph Herald/Ember Heritage Herwin (1943 and Before) Herwin (1967 and After) Hi Records High Water
Page 4 and 5: ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE BLUES VOLUME 1
Page 6: ASSOCIATE EDITOR Daphne Duval Harri
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Page 54 and 55: Rick Anderson Sparks, Nevada Peter
Page 56 and 57: Morris Levy Harvard University Ande
Page 58: Alan R. Young Auckland, New Zealand
Page 61 and 62: INTRODUCTION lx records were kept e
Page 64: FREQUENTLY CITED SOURCES AMG All Mu
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Page 69 and 70: ACCORDION French-speaking community
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Page 73 and 74: ADAMS, FAYE Bibliography Larkin; Sa
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Page 77 and 78: AFRICA Wilson Pickett, and Ray Char
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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/FEDERAL/QUEEN A&R specialist R
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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, MEADE ‘‘LUX’’ Lewis
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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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LIBRARIES Oral history material inc
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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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LITTLE WALTER Folk Blues Festival m
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LOCKWOOD, ROBERT, JR. Legend Live (
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LOMAX, ALAN Discography Negro Sinfu
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LOUIS, JOE HILL LOUIS, JOE HILL b.
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LOUISIANA New Orleans The major cit
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LOUISIANA Smiley Lewis possessed a
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LOUISIANA and tourists still fill t
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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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MABON, WILLIE family moved to Chica
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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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MCDANIEL, HATTIE MCDANIEL, HATTIE b
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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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MILES, JOSEPHINE ‘‘JOSIE’’
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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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MONTGOMERY, EURREAL ‘‘LITTLE BR
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MOORE, ALICE ‘‘LITTLE’’ MOO
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MOORE, REVEREND ARNOLD DWIGHT ‘
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MORGANFIELD, ‘‘BIG’’ BILL a
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MOTEN, BENJAMIN ‘‘BENNIE’’
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MURPHY, MATT ‘‘GUITAR’’ Tra
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MUSTANG SALLY All you want to do is
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MYERS, LOUIS Whiteis, David. ‘‘
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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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NICHOLSON, JAMES DAVID ‘‘J. D.
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NIGHTHAWKS three hundred gigs a yea
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NOLAN, LLOYD Bibliography Pruter, R
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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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Blueseye (Crossroads Blues Society,
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Old Sailor’s Almanac (San Francis
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New York, in 1955, to find success
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Bibliography Larkin Brisbin, John A
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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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Bibliography AMG (Bill Dahl) Discog
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Bibliography AMG (Bill Dahl); Larki
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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 Elsewhere, King/Queen deb
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RECORDING the 1970s into the early
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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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RIDGLEY, THOMAS ‘‘TOMMY’’ f
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ROBINSON, ARTHUR CLAY ‘‘A. C.
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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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SAVOY/NATIONAL/REGENT/ACORN began p
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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, BOSTON SMITH, BOSTON b. 1907
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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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SOUL In addition to his work with t
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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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SUN/PHILLIPS INTERNATIONAL/FLIP Sel
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SUNNYLAND SLIM His final performanc
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SWAN SILVERTONE SINGERS SWAN SILVER
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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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Bibliography AMG (Bill Dahl); Larki
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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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Bibliography AMG (Bill Dahl); Harri
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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
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