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Monday Open Thread | Classic Blues Week! | Muddy Waters

Happy Monday, Everyone. this week’s featured artist are incomparable BLUES SINGERS from back in the day. These artist didn’t get much credit artistically or financially for their creative efforts. Often white artists would replicate their songs and thereby getting credit … Continue reading

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Serendipity SOUL | Monday Open Thread | Etta James Week

Happy Monday, Everyone! This week’s featured artist is Ms. Etta James Wiki: Early life and career: 1938–1959 Jamesetta Hawkins was born on January 25, 1938 in Los Angeles to Dorothy Hawkins, who was only fourteen at the time. Her father … Continue reading

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Serendipity SOUL-Saturday Open Thread

Etta James (born Jamesetta Hawkins; January 25, 1938) is an American blues, soul, R&B, rock & roll, gospel and jazz singer and songwriter. James is the winner of four Grammys and seventeen Blues Music Awards. She was inducted into the … Continue reading

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Serendipity SOUL- Tuesday Open Thread

Happy Birthday Koko!                                                              From the Wiki:  Koko Taylor sometimes spelled KoKo Taylor (September 28, 1928 – June 3, 2009)[1] was an American blues musician, popularly known as the “Queen of the Blues.” She was known primarily for her rough, powerful … Continue reading

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