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Apr 2023
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Forgotten Delta Blues Singers

BRICE FUQUA
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Performers include: Furry Lewis, Bo Weavil Jackson, Louise Johnson, Kid Bailey, King Soloman Hill, Peatie Wheatstraw and Robert Petway. 

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