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W. C. Handy, Furry Lewis, Booker White, Lillie May Glover, Roosevelt Sykes, Arthur Crudup, B. B. King, Bobby Blue Bland, Muddy Waters - these and other musicians, singers, and songwriters, including the young Elvis Presley, eventually went to Beale Street in Memphis, Tennessee, to learn, improve, and practice their art.…
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Written by Margaret McKee and Fred Chisenhall and published by Louisiana State University Press. A fine, detailed book centered on Memphis, Tennessee’s famous Beale Street, the birthplace of the Blues.
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