I Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues
Friday, October 17, 2003
100 years ago, the composer W.C. Handy overheard a man playing what he described as “the weirdest music I had ever heard," on a train platform in Mississippi. Handy went on to become one of the earliest promoters of the blues, the subject of a new PBS documentary series.
I Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues
Bob Santelli CEO and Director of Experience Music Project and noted blues historian and editor of: The Blues: A Musical Journey (Harper Collins 2003) explains what makes the blues so special and Peter Guralnick author of numerous books on the blues and editor of: The Blues: A Musical ...
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