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April 4, 2017 (March 22, 2017)

Happy Birthday, Muddy Waters

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Longing for that down home music? Looking for a shot of brilliance? Tryin’ to forget that you asked for water and your woman/man gave you gasoline? Then you must be celebrating the 100th […]

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October 26, 2015 (October 27, 2015)

Blues All Day Long awarded by ARSC

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Blues All Day Long: The Jimmy Rogers Story by Wayne Everett Goins has been awarded a Certificate of Merit in Historical Research in Blues, Gospel, or R&B in the 2015 […]

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June 3, 2014 (June 3, 2014)

Happy birthday, Jimmy Rogers

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Jimmy Rogers was born James A. Lane on this day in 1924. As Wayne Everett Goins notes in Blues All Day Long, his new biography of Rogers, the legendary guitarist […]

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