Browsing articles in "blues history"
Sep
1

Jim Crow Etiquette

By Jason  //  Blues, Delta Blues, blues history  //  No Comments

Jim Crow Laws Were Wicked in Their Own Right.  The Jim Crow Etiquette Was Worse.

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Aug
16

Gayle Dean Wardlow Research Interviews

Gayle Dean Wardlow Is Instrumental In Blues Research.  Here Are His Interview Tapes.

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Aug
10

The Last American Juke Joint

By Jason  //  Blues, Delta Blues, blues history  //  4 Comments

Juke Joints Still Exist.  Barely.  But Gip’s Place Has The Blues.

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Aug
3

H.C. Speir – The Legend

Someone Had to Find The Talent in 1920-30 Mississippi.  It Was This Guy.

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Jul
26

Russell City Shout Out

By Jason  //  Blues, blues history  //  No Comments

The Great Migration Not only Put African-Americans in Chicago.  Some Headed West.

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Jul
19

Henry Stuckey and the Military

By Jason  //  Delta Blues, blues history  //  3 Comments

Did Henry Stuckey Really Learn the Blues From Two French Soldiers?

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Jul
12

Tampa Blues History – The Artists

By Jason  //  Blues, blues history  //  4 Comments

Previously, we explored the History of Blues in Tampa.  Now take a look at the historic Artists of Tampa.

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Jun
21

John Jackson – Rappahannock Blues

By Jason  //  Blues, blues history  //  1 Comment

Smithsonian Folkways Spotlights John Jackson and his Appalachian Blues with ‘Rappahannock Blues’

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Jun
7

Big Bill Broonzy – Census Record and Draft Card?

By Jason  //  Blues, blues history  //  3 Comments

More Information On The Research-Elusive Big Bill Broonzy.

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May
31

If You Can Play It… It’s Here

By Jason  //  Blues, blues history  //  2 Comments

Thanks To Target, A New Unique Museum Arises

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