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LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS Lawrence N. Re
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The Encyclopedia of the Blues provi
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were invaluable. I would like to th
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ABC-PARAMOUNT/BLUESWAY Formed in Ho
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Townsend all played accordion. Two
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ACE (UNITED KINGDOM) London-based B
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Acklin moved to Capitol Records in
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ADAMS, WOODROW WILSON b. 9 April 19
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customs, generational beliefs and c
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that we have as much research in ge
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which was in use as far back as the
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ALERT Label founded in Brooklyn, Ne
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ALLEN, LEE b. 2 July 1927; Pittsbur
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Chicago club scene of the 1950s and
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Bibliography ‘‘Obituaries.’
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Little Pink typically opens shows a
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The label suffered a setback in 200
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ARDOIN, ALPHONSE ‘‘BOIS SEC’
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supplies. Memphis record producer S
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Stay Out All Night,’’ ‘‘Pri
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iracial division in Atlanta that re
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R&B singer. August originally perfo
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BABY PLEASE DON’T GO/DON’T YOU
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BAKER, LAVERN briefly performed as
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BALLARD, HANK their most successful
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BANDS would take different roles, u
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BANDS band styles most familiar tod
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BANDS covered, more or less faithfu
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BANDS VMD 79216 [Vol. 1], VMD 79217
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BANJO of the fodet reveals similari
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BANJO Seeger, P. How to Play the 5-
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BARKER, BLUE LU BARKER, BLUE LU b.
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BARTHOLOMEW, DAVE Bibliography AMG
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BASS The washtub bass seems to be a
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BASS Smith’s recordings included
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BASSETT, JOHNNIE as a teen and stud
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BEAMAN, LOTTIE BEAMAN, LOTTIE b. Lo
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BELL, BRENDA 1980s, continued to pe
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BELOW, FRED in the army and played
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BENNETT, WAYNE T. Orleans with Cham
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BERNHARDT, CLYDE (EDRIC BARRON) joi
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BIG BAD SMITTY Smith’s haunting H
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BIG MACEO phrases and riffs. He rec
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BIG TWIST Nolan doubling on drums,
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BLACK & BLUE/ISABEL/RIVERBOAT Bibli
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BLACK NEWSPAPER PRESS BLACK NEWSPAP
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BLACK NEWSPAPER PRESS upstaged by r
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BLACK SACRED MUSIC The Churches The
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BLACK SACRED MUSIC Other leading gr
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BLACK SACRED MUSIC Mahalia Jackson,
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BLACK SWAN RECORDS (ca. August 1921
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BLAKE, CICERO (who late became the
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BLAYLOCK, TRAVIS ‘‘HARMONICA SL
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BLOOMFIELD, MICHAEL He participated
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BLUE SUIT Bibliography Blue Suit we
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BLUES 106 You Gone Need Somebody [w
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BLUES through music notation), and
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BLUES three-phrase blues progressio
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BLUES ports in the Gulf Coast and E
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BLUES Styles of music important to
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BLUES young jazz musicians, includi
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BLUES pianist Jay McShann, with alt
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BLUES Wolf, a longtime mid-South fa
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BLUES The Civil Rights Movement was
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BLUES more of an 8/8 meter feel. By
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BLUES appearances and thereby encou
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BLUES fathers, uncles, and neighbor
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BLUES BOY’S KINGDOM MS). Memphis,
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BLUES FOLKLORE Other researchers ha
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BO, EDDIE Bibliography AMG; Larkin;
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BOHEE BROTHERS Bibliography Green,
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BOOGIE CHILLEN’ The song embodies
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BOOKER, JAMES Discography: AMG; LSF
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BOYACK, PAT Bibliography AMG Discog
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BRACKEN, JAMES C. BRACKEN, JAMES C.
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BRANCH, WILLIAM EARL ‘‘BILLY’
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BRIM, JOHN Merriweather, and perfec
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BROOKS, HADDA She studied classical
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BROONZY, BIG BILL instrument was a
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BROWN, ADA Bibliography Harris Disc
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BROWN, CHARLES being both a tremend
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BROWN, GABRIEL Discography: DGR; LS
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BROWN, NAPPY Bibliography AMG (Bill
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BROWN, RUTH Johnny Adams, and Duke
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BRUYNOGHE, YANNICK He befriended ma
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BUCKWHEAT ZYDECO in the popular mov
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BURLEY, DAN Vocalist and pianist wh
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BURROW, CASSELL Bibliography O’Ne
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BUTLER TWINS Bibliography ‘‘Cla
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CADET (Chess/Aristocrat/Checker/Arg
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Basin Street Brass (1973, Legend 10
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to New York City in 1985 and it was
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Bibliography Warner, Jay. The DaCap
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it as hip as that of Brown’s lege
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Bibliography Harris Discography: LS
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Bibliography Larkin Darwen, Norman.
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Vocalion 1155). Individual phrases
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World War II service in a segregate
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Singer and pianist. Charles grew up
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Blues Faces: A Portrait of the Blue
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considered to be the first to strap
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Foolish Heart.’’ It was Chess 1
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and guitar, although it wasn’t lo
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ands in the years that followed). I
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groups and a rock ’n’ roll arti
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sessions, but his death prevented t
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Clapton’s career has taken many d
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CLARK, DEE b. Delecta Clark, 7 Nove
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Discography: AMG Muddy Waters Live
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and singing have had a large influe
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COLE, ANN b. Cynthia Coleman, 24 Ja
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to a huge company whose current ros
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COLLINS, LITTLE MAC b. McKinley C.
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likes of Duane Altman, Ry Cooder, J
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Samuel Cook was born in Clarksdale,
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awaiting a heart transplant. Copela
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with Sonny Boy Williamson II (Aleck
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By 1927, southern black blues perfo
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and Jimmie Dale Gilmore in the next
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Bibliography Davenport, Cow Cow.
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hythm and blues vocalists produced
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CRAZY CAJUN RECORDS The Crazy Cajun
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Crothers moved with his band to Los
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Withdrawal and Return By the mid-19
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DALE, LARRY b. Ennis Lowery, 7 Janu
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DANCE: AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION The c
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ecorded ‘‘It’s a Man Down The
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DAVIES, CYRIL b. 1932; Denham, Buck
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DAVIS, GEATER b. Vernon Davis, 29 J
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like T-Bone Walker, Jimmy Witherspo
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showing his brother Buddy how to pl
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DAWKINS, JAMES HENRY ‘‘JIMMY’
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Garrod, Charles. Decca 8500, 11000,
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‘‘Brown Sugar’’ with deLay
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Ellington, T-Bone Walker, and Billi
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In his early teens, he formed his f
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also mention the popularity of the
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Noble, George. ‘‘Dozing Blues
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them the Dixie Hummingbirds. Jimmy
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who eventually persuaded Dixon to t
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He was featured on many of Jordan
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their careers began with recordings
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and festival circuit. He participat
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Mandel, H. ‘‘Blindfold Test.’
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parties. This double duty led event
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the late 1960s, these two drumset o
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Wolfe, Karl Michael. Notes accompan
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DURHAM, EDDIE b. 19 August 1906; Sa
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EARL, RONNIE EARL, RONNIE b. Ronald
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ECKSTINE, BILLY ECKSTINE, BILLY b.
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EDWARDS, CHUCK the Edwards Generati
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EDWARDS, WILLIE England since 1965.
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11-29 Leroy Carr sings of the fate
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ERBY, JACK Spivey as well. He staye
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EVANS, DAVID HUHNE, JR. bluesman. B
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EXCELLO/NASHBORO by the Diamonds).
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FABULOUS THUNDERBIRDS Electric blue
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FANTASY/PRESTIGE/BLUESVILLE/ GALAXY
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was eighteen, he played professiona
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Lonnie (Alonzo) Johnson (1889-1970)
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an influence—over a driving rhyth
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As in many early country blues, eac
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Sid Hemphill Folklorist Alan Lomax
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FILMS When moving film first appear
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festival, a number of white folk ar
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Buddy Guy in Chicago Blues. Using t
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to their appearance on two original
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and jazz music scenes between 1959
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eturned to Ottawa, where she had pe
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an A, its repeat also with an A, a
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eight-measure, and sixteen-measure
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lack dance music that spread to the
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of Alabama, whose members were stud
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Missouri (1930). Further, he stated
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Bibliography Broven, John. ‘‘Th
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only time he ever accompanied anyon
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personalize its repertoire as well
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Stone emerged from the Bay Area wit
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GAILLARD, BULEE ‘‘SLIM’’ Bi
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GALLAGHER, RORY be heard clearly on
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GARLAND, TERRY Edge of the Valley (
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GARY, INDIANA of their record shop
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GENNETT Viola McCoy, Josie Miles, a
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GIANT/GAMMA/GLOBE Scott, and blues
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GLENN, LLOYD Bibliography AMG (Bill
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GOLDWAX by fans of deep soul music.
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GORDON, SAX Bullseye label, he has
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GREAT DEPRESSION by the public work
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GREEN, AL a sensual sound that was
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GREEN, GRANT Talkin’ About! (1964
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GREY GHOST efforts of Texas ethnomu
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GRIMES, LLOYD ‘‘TINY’’ Savo
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GUITAR stick up through the top of
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GUITAR to explore the potential of
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GUITAR Hoodoo Man Blues in 1965 is
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GUITAR Guitar Styles Since 1990 The
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GUITAR JR. Discography: AMG Luther
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GURALNICK, PETER Dream of Freedom (
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GUY, GEORGE ‘‘BUDDY’’ music
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HALL, VERA HALL, VERA b. 1906; Livi
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HAMMOND, JOHN PAUL twenty, then hit
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HANDY, WILLIAM CHRISTOPHER ‘‘W.
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HARMOGRAPH Bibliography Sutton Rust
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HARMONICA Figure 1: Ten-hole diaton
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HARMONICA work with Big Joe William
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HARPER, JOE HARPER, JOE b. Joe Mart
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HARRIS, HI TIDE Bibliography Harris
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HARRISON, WILBERT HARRISON, WILBERT
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HAWKINS, SCREAMIN’ JAY People (19
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HEGAMIN, LUCILLE 1914, and after th
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HENDERSON, DUKE ‘‘BIG’’ a m
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HENDRIX, JIMI A lifetime pioneer in
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HESITATION BLUES Louisville firm of
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HIDE AWAY composer Henry Mancini, w
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HIGHWAYS initially prohibited convi
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HILL, BERTHA ‘‘CHIPPIE’’ HI
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HILL, Z. Z. take his fame and music
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HISPANIC INFLUENCES ON THE BLUES an
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HISPANIC INFLUENCES ON THE BLUES
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HISTORIOGRAPHY Harold Courlander’
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HISTORIOGRAPHY Welding who had begu
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HISTORIOGRAPHY A single entry repre
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HISTORIOGRAPHY groundbreaking strok
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HOGG, SMOKEY HOGG, SMOKEY b. Andrew
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HOLIDAY, BILLIE Bibliography AMG (J
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HOLMES BROTHERS Wendell and Popsy D
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HOOCHIE COOCHIE MAN their next set
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HOODOO provide a source of personal
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HOODOO Jackson, Bruce. ‘‘The Ot
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HOOKER, JOHN LEE sharecroppers. His
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HOPKINS, LINDA HOPKINS, LINDA b. He
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HORNBUCKLE, LINDA HORNBUCKLE, LINDA
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HOUSE, EDDIE ‘‘SON’’ joints
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HOUSE-RENT PARTIES the whole neighb
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HOVINGTON, FRANKLIN ‘‘FRANK’
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HOWLIN’ WOLF his intensity, growl
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HUFF, LUTHER AND PERCY Jackson, Lut
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HUMMEL, MARK Recorded for the Dutch
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HUMOR woman has left him due to his
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HUNT, DANIEL AUGUSTA ‘‘D. A.’
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HUNTER, LONG JOHN Duke Records. Hun
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HURT, JOHN SMITH ‘‘MISSISSIPPI
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I BELIEVE I’LL MAKE A CHANGE (DUS
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on electric guitar, followed by a t
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Discography: McGrath ‘‘Minit/In
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JACKSON, BILL JACKSON, BILL b. 22 F
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JACKSON, CHARLES ‘‘PAPA CHARLIE
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JACKSON, LIL’ SON idiosyncratic t
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JAMES, CLIFTON Records releases fro
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JAMES, ETTA on Me’’—all in th
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JAMES, NEHEMIAH ‘‘SKIP’’ Sk
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JAMES, STEVE album Art and Grit fea
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JAXON, FRANKIE ‘‘HALF PINT’
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JAZZ contrapuntal style of piano ra
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JAZZ era bandleaders, including Duk
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JAZZ 52nd street. Jazz solos became
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JAZZ scales slows down the harmonie
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JAZZ Joshua Redman, pianist Geri Al
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JEFFERSON, BLIND LEMON the two surv
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JENKINS, BOBO Like most other Detro
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JOE DAVIS/DAVIS/BEACON JOE DAVIS/DA
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JOHNNY NOCTURNE BAND JOHNNY NOCTURN
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JOHNSON, BLIND WILLIE Music and Inf
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JOHNSON, HERMAN E. JOHNSON, HERMAN
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JOHNSON, LEMUEL CHARLES ‘‘LEM
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JOHNSON, LOUISE Johnson, urged on b
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JOHNSON, PLAS band. In California,
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JOHNSON, ROBERT LEROY Johnson exert
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JOHNSON, SYL local radio. His first
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JOHNSON, TOMMY Bibliography AMG (Cu
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JONES, CASEY JONES, CASEY b. 26 Jul
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JONES, JOE JONES, JOE b. 12 August
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JONES, WILLIE JONES, WILLIE b. Will
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JORDAN, LOUIS unchallenged supremac
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JUG playing of Earl McDonald. Their
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JUKE JOINTS disrupts the social and
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KANE, CANDYE b. 13 November 1966; V
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earliest venture, a ‘‘drugstore
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enowned kazoo player in the blues i
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for Aladdin in 1950 and one for Rho
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to have been active in the honky-to
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Discography: LSFP See also Combo; D
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Point, Michael. Liner notes to reis
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New Orleans peers, including ‘‘
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at major rock venues and festivals.
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tonic called Pepticon. The white uk
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KINSEY, LESTER ‘‘BIG DADDY’
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Musician and writer. Koda’s early
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L þ R Record label of Horst Lippma
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LANG, EDDIE b. Eddie Langlois, 15 J
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LAWHORN, SAMUEL ‘‘SAMMY’’ b
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Huddie ‘‘Leadbelly’’ Ledbet
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during the 1940s when they joined t
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est of the 1960s, ultimately leavin
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Bird in 1964). They achieved fame,
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Blues Festival package and remained
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LEVY, LOUIS ‘‘LOU’’ b. 29 N
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Lewis advanced two explanations for
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The Europas Blues Senter [sic] Libr
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Frederick, MD 21705-3432 E-mail: jo
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and related music comprise perhaps
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and popular music dating from befor
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Copyright deposits offer the only p
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LIGHTNIN’ SLIM b. Otis Hicks, 13
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LISTON, VIRGINIA b. 1890 d. June 19
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Eva’s Man (1976), which draws on
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Straight Up! (1995, Alligator 4829)
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and white pop music can be sensed i
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Where John Lee Williamson had taken
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LITTLEJOHN, JOHN b. John Wesley Fun
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popularizer, folk song collector, p
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contributor to pivotal sessions as
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During the 1920s, the dynamic polit
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A central element to New Orleans mu
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culture. Not until World War II did
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LOVE, CLAYTON b. 15 November 1927;
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Minneapolis in 1964 where he contin
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Discography ‘‘He’s a Real Gon
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M & O BLUES ‘‘M & O Blues’’
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Mack playing with flashpoint intens
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Cobra, however, folded in 1960. Aro
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Elman and retitled ‘‘Atlanta Bl
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MAMA TALK TO YOUR DAUGHTER Original
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Church of God in Christ on 130th St
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A 1926 advertisement for the OKeh
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emphasis on technical expertise, pa
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MARTIN, CARL b. 1 April 1906; Big S
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Raitt, James Cotton, and Otis Rush.
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MAYFIELD, PERCY b. 12 August 1920;
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Classic-era gospel and blues singer
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including a job as corrections offi
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with ‘‘Just Got to Know’’ a
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Brownie McGhee was an East Coast ac
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MCNEELY, CECIL JAMES ‘‘BIG JAY
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Blind Willie McTell. (Photo courtes
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Willie’s gravestone offered us on
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‘‘Farther Up the Road.’’ Me
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y black businessmen. But when the w
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The educated young musicians found
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the only benefit he gained from his
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Memphis Minnie in 1940. (Photo cour
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Loves Me.’’ This song—later r
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Bibliography AMG (Cub Koda); Harris
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Miller launched his first label, Fa
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Shaw, Arnold. Honkers and Shouters:
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songs as vocalist, including the st
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where they recorded Will Shade of t
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Roy Milton, Lloyd Price, Clarence
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sneaking off to local juke joints t
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Virginia audiences would have also
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As Unaccompanied Soloist ‘‘New
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star’s waning popularity. Earl Ki
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was introduced to blues in the earl
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MYERS, BOB b. 2 May 1925; Byhalia,
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NAFTALIN, MARK b. 2 August 1944; Mi
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shows in the off season and when th
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NELSON, JIMMY ‘‘T-99’’ b. 7
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included terms with his brother, Ea
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The year 1948 found Nighthawk, now
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NIXON, HAMMIE b. Hammie Nickerson,
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PEG LEG SAM ‘‘Reuben,’’ and
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PHILLIPS, LITTLE ESTHER Lenox 227);
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PING Grove). Its tiny catalog of ei
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POMUS, JEROME ‘‘DOC’’ Blues
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PRYSOCK, WILBERT ‘‘RED’’ ba
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R AND B (1) Operated in Hollywood,
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during the slave years. Consequentl
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exchange ideas, conduct interviews
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Memphis: WDIA Radio John Pepper and
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the Illinois Central. Those living
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Ma Rainey. (Photo courtesy Frank Dr
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RAINEY, WILLIE GUY b. 17 April 1901
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Miami, and so on. Even the feuds, w
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RAY, HARMON b. 1914; Indianapolis,
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Electric and 78-rpm Era, 1925-1948
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artist. The Unique Quartette record
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Jonas Bernholm, issued many importa
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REYNOLDS, BIG JACK b. 1921; Dayton
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Bibliography Harris Darwen, Norman.
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through 1963, then he turned exclus
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lues on local jukeboxes. Inspired b
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testified to his versatility, but i
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fantasies could be projected, but t
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Bibliography Harris; Larkin; Santel
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You’’ on Ramblin’ Mind. Two o
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down-home blues artists could be fo
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for the Club DeLisa (1937-1945, 194
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these women. The instrumentation on
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For the initiated listener blues me
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(1960) he will choose to combine th
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Junior Parker and their label-mates
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joints for his X-rated songs such a
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SENEGAL, PAUL ‘‘LIL’ BUCK’
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and humor into his personalized blu
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ensemble, captured the New Orleans
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he was never able to recapture the
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successful with white British and A
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predecessors of the 1920s and 1930s
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pitch inflection, melismas, and hig
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under her own name, with the Henry
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played with and influenced many blu
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TELEVISION and the others’ clear
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TELEVISION Burnett on blues and sin
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TERRY, DOC Pirates were local favor
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TEXAS twenty-first-century Texas ec
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TEXAS limber swing that is often as
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THARPE, SISTER ROSETTA whites-only)
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TIBBS, ANDREW Bibliography Larkin O
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TOBA dancing and singing in vaudevi
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TRIX Pernell Charity, and Guitar Sh
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TUCKER, TOMMY the name Tee Tucker,
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Revolutionary War (1775-1783). Afte
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Titon, Jeff Todd. Early Downhome Bl
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Oliver et al., Yonder Come the Blue
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Best Contemporary Blues Recording.
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Alto saxophonist and blues singer,
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used both with and without the pref
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WALKER, DENNIS Bromberg. Significan
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WATERS, MUDDY Stovall Plantation ou
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WATERS, MUDDY world. The whole band
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WHITE, BUKKA WHITE, BUKKA b. Booker
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WINSLOW, VERNON WINSLOW, VERNON (Se
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WOODS, MITCH Woods and His Rocket 8
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ZIEGLER, JOHN LEE b. 12 April 1929;
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A A la Bridges, 595 A.F.O., 10 AACM
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Alexander, Willard, with Johnson, P
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Archia, Tom, 7, 28, 198, 991 Archiv
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Ball & Chain, 548 Ball and Chain, 1
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Best Contemporary Female Artist, W.
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with Hill, Z.Z., 431-432 with Holli
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Blues shouters, 103, 512, 604, 887
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Brother George and His Sanctified S
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Cannonball Records, 20, 180, 597 Ad
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Blues Brothers, 130 Blue Smitty, 10
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‘‘Cleanhead.’’ See James, E
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drums and, 285 early recorded blues
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Davis, Joe, (Joseph Morton), 66-67,
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with Fleetwood Mac, 332 with Fulson
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Dunbar, Scott, 288 Duncan and Brady
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Eva’s Man, 617 Evans, Bill, 516 E
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Flight, 222 Flip, Flop and Fly, 355
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Gallagher, Rory, 357-358 Galloway,
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choirs, 92 early composers of gospe
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with Johnson, Pete, 535 with Johnso
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Herald/Ember, 423 Allen, Lee, 19 Gr
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Hopkins, Sam ‘‘Lightnin,’’
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I Just Want to Make Love to You, 27
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Is You Is or Is You Ain’t My Baby
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JEMF (John Edwards Memorial Foundat
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Juicy Fruit, 379 Juke, 407, 408, 84
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‘‘Kings of Jazz’’ series, S
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Lewis, Furry, 598 guitar, 2, 3, 22,
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Lonesome Day Today, A, 869 Lonesome
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Mambo Baby, 668 Mamie, 775 Mamie’
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Melody, 84 elements of Melody, comp
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with Green, Al, 375 with Johnson, S
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Myers, Bob, 715 Myers, Dave ‘‘T
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Nixon, Hammie, 122, 137, 794 influe
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Padlock on the Blues, 661 Page, Jim
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New Orleans, 767, 785 in pre-World
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Pryor, James Edward ‘‘Snooky,
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Record, Eugene, with Acklin, Barbar
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Roadmasters, 458, 1054 RoadRunner,
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S 10th Street Rag, 648 S. K. Blues,
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She Walks Right In, 752 She Wants t
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Smokin’ in Bed, 583 Smoking Gun,
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Stark, John, 767 Starr Piano Compan
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Take Your Time, 1072 Taking It Home
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This Magic Moment, 779 This Tavern
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Trumpet Records/Globe Music/ Diamon
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Viagra, 664 Vibe magazine, 754 Vici
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‘‘Going Down Slow’’ (‘‘
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White, Josh, White, Joshua, 91, 337
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Women, as artists, 654, 668, 669, 6