Archive for October, 2007
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Wednesday, October 3rd, 2007
Down Home Blues Classics: New York & The East Coast States 1943-1953
In the immediate post-war era the music was rapidly changing, R&B was on the rise and and older blues styles were falling out of fashion. Yet for awhile at least, there was still a market for rural down home blues as evidenced by the popularity of artists like Lightnin’ Hopkins, John Lee Hooker […]
