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Paul Merry Blues and Rock.
Paul Merry Blues and Rock.
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Exploring US music’s missing history

Exploring US music’s missing history

ByPaul Merry January 30, 2017

American music’s history’s big black hole. When researching my blues and American music history book, America’s Gift, I became slowly aware of how a huge slice of America’s musical past had virtually disappeared into what South Carolina’s Cradle of Jazz Project has described as a black hole. Come to think of it, it was the very…

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Eartha Kitt sings the most influential blues of all time.

Eartha Kitt sings the most influential blues of all time.

ByPaul Merry January 6, 2017

If I told you W.C. Handy’s classic “St. Louis Blues” was the most influential blues song ever recorded, would you believe me? Possibly not. You may well be thinking of an important blues by Big Bill Broonzy, Willie Dixon, or even Cream, a song that brought blues to the masses. However, my case is pretty…

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