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The WV Blues Man - Nat Reese

Blues musician Nathaniel H. โ€˜โ€˜Natโ€™โ€™ Reese (March 4, 1924-June 8, 2012) was born in Salem, Virginia. When he was four, Reeseโ€™s family moved to Itmann, Wyoming County, where coal jobs were plentiful. In 1935, the family moved to Princeton where Reese heard a rich...

Save a Seat For Me - Nat Reese

Nathaniel H. "Nat" Reese was born in 1924 in Salem, Virginia, moving to Itmann, Wyoming County, in 1928. He now lives in Princeton, Mercer County. Nat grew up in the coal camps, surrounded by gospel, swing, and blues music. A former coal miner himself, Nat later...