Cootie Stark
Blues
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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A song from the album "Sugar Man".
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A song from the album "Sugar Man".
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A song from the album "Raw Sugar".
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A song from the album "Sugar Man".
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A song from the album "Raw Sugar".
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A song from the album "Sugar Man".
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A song from the album "Raw Sugar".
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A song from the album "Raw Sugar".
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Photos of Willie "Big Boy" Tennant
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Milledge Gilchrist at home and with his grandson
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Born and raised on a sharecroppers’ farm in Pelzer, South Carolina and one of thirteen children, Arnold grew up in a world where blues music did not exist, at least to his devoutly religious parents...
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Few vernacular art forms have made as impressive a mark on American culture as the Blues. From the expressive experiences of African-American life, skilled musicians fashioned a distinctive idiom that...
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From "Drink Small Does it All".
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From "Drink Small Does it All".
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From "Drink Small Does it All".
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From "Drink Small Does it All".
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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.
