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Robert 'Top' Thomas/WildRoots Records

2013 is kicking off with some terrific music from Robert "Top" Thomas on WildRoots Records. "The Town Crier" Florida “Swamp Blues” master Robert ‘Top’ Thomas, a native of New Smyrna Beach, Florida has toured and/or recorded as guitarist…

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Nervous Boogie - Pau l Gayten

Paul Gayten (January 29, 1920 – March 26, 1991) was an American R&B bandleader, pianist, songwriter, producer and record company executive. Gayten was born in Kentwood, Louisiana, the nephew of blues pianist Little Brother Montgomery. In his teens…

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Party Gras - Tom Rigney and Flambeau

Tom Rigney, the fiery, electrifying violinist/composer, joins forces with some of the finest musicians on the San Francisco roots music scene to form Tom Rigney and Flambeau, a band that will tear the roof off of anyplace that…

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Dupree Blues - Baby Tate

Baby Tate (January 28, 1916 – August 17, 1972) was an American Piedmont blues guitarist, who in a sporadic career spanning five decades, worked variously with guitarists Blind Boy Fuller and Pink Anderson, as well as harmonica player…

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My Heart Is Crying - Cash McCall

Guitarist Cash McCall has segued from gospel to soul to blues over a distinguished career spanning more than three decades. Born Morris Dollison, Jr. in 1941 in Missouri, he found that the best way to exit his rural…

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Traveling Coon - LUKE JORDAN

Luke Jordan (January 28, 1892 – June 25, 1952) was an American blues guitarist and vocalist of some renown in his local area of Lynchburg, Virginia. Born in Appomattox County, Virginia, United States, his professional career started at…

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