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I Held My Baby - Hound Dog Taylor

Another rare clip of Houndog! Enjoy!! Theodore Roosevelt "Hound Dog" Taylor[1] (April 12, 1915 - December 17, 1975) was an American blues guitarist and singer.Taylor was born in Natchez, Mississippi in 1915 (although some sources say 1917). He…

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I HELD MY BABY LAST NIGHT- JOHN PRIMER

John Primer (born March 3, 1945, Camden, Mississippi) is an American Chicago blues singer and guitarist. He began playing guitar at the club, Theresa's, in Chicago between 1974 and 1980, where he was influenced by Muddy Waters' former…

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I Just Got To Talk To Her - James Wheeler

Blues guitarist James Wheeler was born in Albany, GA, on August 28, 1937. His earliest musical influences were the big bands of the time, especially Glenn Miller, Duke Ellington, and his first idol, Louis Jordan. Following his older…

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I Just Keeps On Wanting - Herman E. Johnson

Another of the many performers briefly illuminated by the spotlight of the folk-blues revival of the 1960s, Louisiana-born country bluesman Herman E. Johnson was the product of a highly religious family environment, a background which heavily informed the…

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