Sunday, December 4, 2016
T. DeWayne Moore --- Jack Dappa Blues Radio
On this episode of Jack Dappa Blues, Lamont Pearley interviews DeWayne Moore, director of The Mt. Zion Memorial Fund and avid researcher of African American History and Blues roots heritage.
Saturday, December 3, 2016
Thursday, November 24, 2016
"Blues Songs were Unsung"
Saxophone players rose in prominence, carrying the blues and jazz to the mainstream.
"Random Brevities," The Muskogee (OK) Times Democrat, Feb 14, 1923.
"Go to Death Singing"
Eddie Lee and Lester Hurd, convicted of slaying Ollie Lancaster, town marshal of Bolton, were hanged on Friday. They went to death singing and praying.
"Go To Death Singing," The Pittsburgh (PA) Courier, Feb 14, 1925.
"Go To Death Singing," The Pittsburgh (PA) Courier, Feb 14, 1925.
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