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Kokomo Arnold: Blues Titan Who Walked Away at His Peak

On a September afternoon in 1934, a left-handed bootlegger from Georgia walked into a Chicago recording studio and cut two sides for…
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Taj Mahal: How He Turned the Blues Into a World Language

Taj Mahal: How One Man Turned the Blues Into a World Language Taj Mahal walked away from a farming career in 1964.…
Bobby Rush performing
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Bobby Rush: The Remarkable King of the Chitlin’ Circuit

Bobby Rush: The Remarkable King of the Chitlin’ Circuit Bobby Rush got the call on a Tuesday. Ryan Coogler needed a harmonica…
Lil' Ed Chicago slide legend
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Lil’ Ed and the Blues Imperials: Chicago Slide Lives On

Early Life: Chicago’s West Side and Uncle J.B. Lil’ Ed Williams was twelve years old when he decided he wanted to play…
Artist rendition of Bukka White playing his National steel resonator guitar
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Bukka White: Prison Blues That Echoed Through Led Zeppelin

Bukka White: An Authentic Raw Pioneer of the Delta Blues In 1963, a young guitarist named John Fahey wrote an address on…
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