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Blues

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Early David Stone Martin on Asch

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William Claxton and The Blues

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Lightnin’ Hopkins “Live at the Bird Lounge”

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Hot dog!

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Another R. Crumb Yazoo cover.

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Watermelon, man!

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In the liner notes producer Sonny Lester pays tribute for the concept here to Levy’s rye bread.   “Just like the cover of this album says, Chinese kids like watermelon, Irish like bagels, black people like Jewish rye bread and today everybody loves the blues”

Album Art: Daniel Cooper-Bey   Photograph: Berry Berenson

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Empty Bed Blues

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Josh White.   Elektra Records. Cover design: Willam S. Harvey Cover photo: Leonard Heicklen

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