Rooted in African American antebellum music, Blues music encompasses a wide range of emotions, styles, and sensibilities. Chicago, Country, Delta, Piedmont, Electric, and Memphis are some of the different styles within the genre. See www.pbs.org/theblues/index.html to explore this true American musical form.
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Drink Small performing with his band in 1992 at the "Heritage of Song" concert hosted by McKissick Museum at the University of South Carolina. Co-produced with South Carolina Educational Television.
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From the album, "Nothin' to Prove" by Mac Arnold & Plate Full o' Blues.
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From the album, "Nothin' to Prove" by Mac Arnold & Plate Full o' Blues.
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From the album, "Nothin' to Prove" by Mac Arnold & Plate Full o' Blues. About Mac Arnold Born and raised on a sharecroppers’ farm in Pelzer, South Carolina and one of thirteen children, Arnold grew up...
