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Blues

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Dog gone

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Lightning Hopkins on Kent Records.   “Original Folk Blues”   From the collection of Rockalain.

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Tell it like it is

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“Tough Talk!!” The Panama Francis Blues Band. 20th Century Records.

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Blues (country) A Du Jazz

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From Gilles Vignal.

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The Many Faces of the Blues

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A great jazz blues compilation on Savoy.

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Empress Bessie

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Just a beautiful cover photo and illustration on this one of four volumes “The Bessie Smith Story” on Phillips.

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Where were they at?

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The Butterfield Blues Band “East-West” (1966) Elektra Records. Featuring Paul Butterfield (Harmonica) and Mike Bloomfield who had just came off of Dylan’s “Highway 61 Revisited” sessions.

Ian Taylor sent this in and is looking for anyone who can shed light on where the cover photo was taken. Anyone know?

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Black and Blues

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Oh yeah!

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A swinging Holiday

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Bending a note

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The Son Seals Blues Band on Alligator records.

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