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T. Tex Edwards @ttexed.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Skip James, Devil Got My Woman/ Cypress Grove Blues; Paramount, 1931 youtu.be/uidPWwbUjY0?... Devil Got My Woman youtu.be/oYsfWnFdBYc?... Cypress Grove Blues

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Terry Buckalew @terrybuckalew.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Jimmy Reed died this date in 1976. Blues legend 20th with least 18 top 20 (RnB) hits his songs have been covered by the Stones, Elvis & so many more. “Bright Lights, Big City,” “Big Boss Man,” & “Ain’t That Loving You Baby” are a few of Reed’s hits. youtu.be/r60qdFr69vY?...

“Signals of Love” 45 rpm record by Jimmy Teed

Jimmy Reed “A new leaf” 45 rpm single record

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T. Tex Edwards @ttexed.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Kid Bailey - Rowdy Blues (1929) youtu.be/2dP2HkXmK3E 'Kid Bailey was a Mississippi Delta bluesman who recorded in the 1920s. His voice had a distinct gravel-toned nature about it, and two of his songs are known to have survived: Mississippi Bottom Blues and Rowdy Blues...'

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Kid Bailey - Rowdy Blues

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T. Tex Edwards @ttexed.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Frankie Lee Sims - Lucy Mae Blues (1953) youtu.be/jsZu1QDD7Ck Composed by Frankie Lee Sims Frankie Lee Sims:Vocals & Guitar Herbert Washington:Drums Unknown:Bass Recorded in Dallas, TX. March 5, 1953 Originally issued on Specialty 459 (78 RPM)

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Frankie Lee Sims Lucy Mae Blues (1953)

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Mugarra @mugarra5.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Furry Lewis - Good Morning Judge (1962) youtube.com/watch?v=Dfke...

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The Shumater @theshumater.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

'MAD AS A WET HEN': Arkansas public TV chief Carlton Wing cancels "Washington Week" public affairs show, moves "PBS News Hour" to 10 p.m., drawing ire of grassroots group that thwarted his attempt to disaffiliate from PBS entirely. #arpx #arleg arktimes.com/arkansas-blo...

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Arkansas TV quietly prunes some PBS programming from lineup, disappointing advocates who raised millions to keep it on the air - Arkansas Times

Arkansas TV is cutting PBS news programming to make room for shows filmed in Arkansas, once again pulling the old switcheroo on folks who support public broadcasting.

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Jeff Titon @jefftoddtiton.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Is it still there? #150 in a series. Doors, Quebec City, 2007. Photo by Jeff Titon. #photography #documentaryphotography #Canada

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Jeff Titon @jefftoddtiton.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Wordle 1,833 3/6 🟩⬛⬛🟨🟨 ⬛⬛⬛🟩⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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Jeff Titon @jefftoddtiton.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Is it still there? #149 in a series. Left Beaver (Old) Regular Baptist Church, Martin, Kentucky, 1979. Photo by Jeff Titon. #photography #documentaryphotography #Kentucky

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Jeff Titon @jefftoddtiton.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

Is it still there? #148 in a series. Rear of chain restaurant, heated with wood, New Sweden, Maine, 1988. Photo by Jeff Titon. #photography #documentaryphotography #Maine

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T. Tex Edwards @ttexed.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

Dewey Balfa - Jai Ete Au Bal - Awesome Fiddlesticks youtu.be/UFyOGqmITjM 'Clip is taken from Yasha Aginsky's documentary "Les Blues de Balfa". Dewey Balfa & his nephew Tony Balfa preforming Jai Ete Au Bal (I Went To The Dance).'

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Dewey Balfa - Jai Ete Au Bal - Awesome Fiddlesticks

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The Blues List @theblueslist.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

The Masked Marvel(pseudonym for Charley Patton)- Screamin' And Hollerin' The Blues youtu.be/VkZWPTbROkM?... 1929 single for Paramount records

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Screamin' & Hollerin' The Blues

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T. Tex Edwards @ttexed.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

ONE STRING SAM .I NEED A HUNDRED DOLLARS. youtu.be/IQlAYfUtzh4 "diddley bow"

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ONE STRING SAM.I NEED A HUNDRED DOLLARS.diddley bow

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Terry Buckalew @terrybuckalew.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

Bluesman James “Shakey Jake” Harris (d. 1990 at Forrest City, Ark.) born April 12, 1921 at Earle, Arkansas. He was blues guitarist Magic Sam’s uncle. youtu.be/ZEqBBKV1AQ8

James D. Harris
Born: April 12, 1921, Earle Died: March 2, 1990, Forrest City Instruments: Harmonica
Nicknamed "Shakey Jake" for his skills with dice, Harris was born in Arkansas and raised there and in Chicago. He moved to Chicago after leaving the Army, and by 1946 was jamming with Muddy Waters, Little Walter, and others. He formed his own band in the 1950s and was a fixture on the Chicago blues scene. Harris began recording in the late fifties, and eventually recorded for Prestige-Bluesville, Artistic, Polydor, and others.
After moving to Los Angeles in the mid sixties, Harris became more active in music.
Harris toured the nightclub and festival circuit and appeared in the 1972 film
"Conversations with Shakey Jake. He operated his own nightclub and record label, all the while continuing to perform and record. He left music in the 1980s and eventually returned to Arkansas. Harris died of pneumonia and is buried in Stanley Grove Cemetery in Pine Tree, Arkansas. Note: Harris was the uncle of Magic Sam (Sam Maghett).

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Terry Buckalew @terrybuckalew.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

Blues great “Hound Dog” Taylor (Theodore Roosevelt Taylor) born April 12, 1915 at Natchez, MS. D. 1975. “Shake your Money Maker” youtu.be/WT5vkGyNvCk?...

Theodore Roosevelt Taylor was born in Natchez, Mississippi in 1915 and grew up around Tchule and Greenwood in the Delta.
He first took up guitar when he was twenty, and played in both standard and E tunings, but now plays strictly bottleneck style.
His blues reflects his early friendship with Elmore James and the other men who first electrified slide guitar-he plays hard and loud. Taylor gigged all over the Delta, and worked on the

legendary King Biscuit Flour program on KFFA in West Helena, Arkansas, with Robert J. Lockwood and Sonny Boy Williamson.
After coming to Chicago in 1942, Hound Dog worked at various day jobs, but he's been a full time bluesman since 1957. He's played in virtually every blues club in Chicago, and broadcasted for two years on Big Bill Hill's blues show on WOPA. His tunes have been borrowed by many other blues artists, and a version of one of his instrumentals was cut by Freddie King. The tune Hideaway made Freddie a star, but Hound Dog never received composer's credit.

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The Blues List @theblueslist.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

Son House & Willie Brown - Walkin' Blues youtu.be/oLo9gBcqaBc?... Recorded 1930 for Paramount records

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Walkin' Blues

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Terry Buckalew @terrybuckalew.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

Muddy’s birthday. Muddy Waters & band hosted a radio show in Helena, Arkansas on radio station KFFA in 1949. It was sponsored by a local clothing store.

Blues and trouble just keep on worrying me
They bother me so bad, I just can't stay here, no peace.
If I could get lucky and win my train fare home If I could get lucky and win my train fare home
I believe I'll go back down in Clarksdale, little girl that's where I
belong.
It seems so sad, child I wonder just how can it be It seems so sad, child I wonder just how can it be Everybody seems welcome in this old place but me.
Muddy had been on a couple trips out of town with Leonard to visit disc jockeys, and he knew their records were reaching beyond Chicago. Now Muddy called Mr. Anderson at KFFA in Helena, Arkansas, and arranged for a radio slot. In late September of 1949, before harvest time, he took Jimmy Rogers, Little Walter, and Baby Face Leroy for a long month in the Delta. They arranged time off their day jobs or quit them to fulfill an old fantasy - becoming the disembodied voice they had so admired when Sonny Boy began broadcasting. On KFFA, their sponsor was a Helena store, Katz Clothing. The hour, however, came as something of a surprise: six in the morning, every morning.
While Leonard may have been upset about temporarily losing his

Book
“Can’t Be Satisfied: The life and Times of Muddy Waters”
By Robert Gordon

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Terry Buckalew @terrybuckalew.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

Blues piano great Otis Spann (d. 1970) was born March 21, 1930/Jackson, MS. With Muddy Waters, others, solo. “The Blues is Where it’s At” (1967) features Muddy & band with 2 Arkansas natives (Smith & Lawhorn) and our friend Mac Arnold on bass. youtu.be/EzkWhSvoqEg?...

OTIS SPANN piano and vocal
MUDDY WATERS
guitar
SAMMY LAWHORN
guitar
LUTHER JOHNSON
guitar
MAC ARNOLD
electric bass
FRANCIS CLAY
drums
GEORGE SMITH
harmonica

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Jeff Titon @jefftoddtiton.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

Celebrating the birthday of blues singer-guitarist Eddie "Son" House (1902-1988), pictured at the 1970 Ann Arbor Blues Festival, Ann Arbor, Michigan. Photo by Jeff Titon. #photography #documentaryphotography #blues

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T. Tex Edwards @ttexed.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

ROBERT PETE WILLIAMS ~ High As I Want To Be youtu.be/C5v_GwfmXd0 Robert Pete Williams (March 14, 1914 – December 31, 1980)

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ROBERT PETE WILLIAMS ~ High As I Want To Be

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T. Tex Edwards @ttexed.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

Robert Pete Williams - Scrap Iron Blues youtu.be/3AdhY7XQn9Q "Robert Pete Williams, bluesman from Baton Rouge, Louisiana, captured here in the process of improvising a new composition, Scrap Iron Blues, in 1971. Not only does he describe his current job, but he also explains...

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Robert Pete Williams - Scrap Iron Blues

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Terry Buckalew @terrybuckalew.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

Birthdate of 2 Texas music legends: Lightnin’ Hopkins (Centerville) and Sly Stone (Denton). Everyday people: youtu.be/7czrIW_v7gc?...

Sly Stone albums
Greatest Hits
There’s a Rioy Goin’ On

Album
Lighting’ Hopkins “The Blues Giant”

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Terry Buckalew @terrybuckalew.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Blues great James Cotton died March 16, 2017. Protege of Sonny Boy Williamson, worked with Muddy Waters, solo. *albums, historic marker, on Helena’s river wall mural, receiving award from me & Sonny Payne in 2011. youtu.be/sUCUEBFcJ7Y?...

James Cotton blues historical marker near Tunica, MS. Photo by me

MISSISSIPPI BLUES COMMISSION
JAMES COTTON
James Cotton, one of the world's most popular and dynamic blues harmonica players, was born just east of this site on the Bonnie Blue Plantation on July 1, 1935. Cotton apprenticed with harmonica master Sonny Boy Williamson No. 2 (Rice Miller) in Helena, Arkansas, and spent twelve years in Muddy Waters's band in Chicago. In 1966 Cotton left Muddy to start his own band, and later earned the nickname
"Mr. Superharp" for his high-energy performances.

James Cotton painted on river wall mural at Helena, Arkansas.
He’s next to Sonny Boy Williamson.
Photo by me

Me handing James Cotton an award.
Mrs. Cotton (Jackie) and Sonny Payne are also there.

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Terry Buckalew @terrybuckalew.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

@vanwinkle.bsky.social reminds me that it’s Jerry Jeff Walker’s birthday. Wish I still had my copy of “Viva Terlingua.” A friend used to sing “Up Against the Wall, Redneck” and I would accompany on guitar. Good times.

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Jeff Titon @jefftoddtiton.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Catching up on March blues birthdays: celebrating the March 15th birthday of blues singer-guitarist Sam "Lightnin'" Hopkins (1912-1982), pictured at the 1969 Ann Arbor Blues Festival, Ann Arbor, Michigan. Photo by Jeff Titon. #photography #documentaryphotography #blues

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Jeff Titon @jefftoddtiton.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Catching up on March blues birthdays: celebrating the March 14th birthday of blues singer-guitarist Robert Pete Williams (1914-1980), pictured at left with Mance Lipscomb at the 1970 Ann Arbor Blues Festival, Ann Arbor, Michigan. Photo by Jeff Titon. #photography #documentaryphotography #blues

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Jeff Titon @jefftoddtiton.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Catching up on March blues birthdays: celebrating the March 6th birthday of blues singer-guitarist Walter "Furry" Lewis (1893-1981), pictured during a performance at the Wisconsin Delta Blues Festival, Beloit College, 1970. Photo by Jeff Titon. #photography #documentaryphotography #blues

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Jeff Titon @jefftoddtiton.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

Is it still there? #147 in a series. Statue of St. Thaddeus, Notre-Dame du Mont Carmel Church, Lille, Maine, 1988. Photo by Jeff Titon. #photography #documentaryphotography #Maine

Wooden statue of St. Thaddeus, patron saint of difficult causes, standing in the Notre-Dame du Mont Carmel church, built in 1909, in Lille, northern Aroostook County, Maine. Photo by Jeff Titon. Canon TL-QL 35mm SLR camera, Canon FL 85mm f/1.8 lens, Kodak Ektachrome film, exposure data not recorded.

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Jeff Titon @jefftoddtiton.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

Is it still there? #146 in a series. Child's tombstone, Fort Kent, Maine, 1988. Translation from French: "Alice daughter of Ben and Alice Bosse died at the age of 9 years and 8 days See you in heaven" Photo by Jeff Titon. #photography #documentaryphotography

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Jeff Titon @jefftoddtiton.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

Is it still there? #145 in a series. Hilltop Store and Gas, Knox, Maine, July, 2000. Photo by Jeff Titon. #photography #documentaryphotography

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Josh Shepperd @joshshepperd.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

Legendary founder of NPR programming Bill Siemering is enjoying Zoom visiting with students so much that he's asked me to put a second call out. No honorarium necessary. Any takers?

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Kilborn Alley Blues Band @kilbornalley.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

We come back this. Touching.

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Daniel @daniel3162.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

Lazy Bill Lucas & His Friends - I Had a Dream youtu.be/ErXDQHD2Kfo?si=Drdic9BpV8WTFOa3

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A1 - Lazy Bill Lucas & His Friends - I Had a Dream

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Jeff Titon @jefftoddtiton.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

Is it still there? #144 in a series. Children's gravestone, Jollett Hollow Church Cemetery, Page Co., Virginia, 1985. Photo by Jeff Titon. #photography #documentaryphotography

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Jeff Titon @jefftoddtiton.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

Is it still there? #143 in a series. Paradise dormitory entrance, Sterling College, Craftsbury Common, Vermont. The College is set to close after the end of the school year (2026). Photo by Jeff Titon. #photography #documentaryphotography

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Jeff Titon @jefftoddtiton.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

Is it still there? #142 in a series. Grave markers, family cemetery, Pine Top, Kentucky, 1990. Photo by Jeff Titon. #photography #documentaryphotography

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T. Tex Edwards @ttexed.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

Remembering Mance Lipscomb and Lightnin’ Hopkins, two blues greats from Texas who passed away on this date. Mance in 1976 and Lightnin’ in 1982. Mance Lipscomb & Lightnin' Hopkins A Little Boogie youtu.be/19t4lVxpStk

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Jeff Titon @jefftoddtiton.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

Celebrating the birthday of blues singer-harmonica player Charlie Musselwhite (1944-), after a concert in Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1970. Photo by Jeff Titon. #photography #documentaryphotography #blues

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Jeff Titon @jefftoddtiton.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

Celebrating the birthday of blues singer-pianist Roosevelt Sykes (1906-1983), pictured at the Ann Arbor Blues Festival, August, 1970. Photo by Jeff Titon. #photography #documentaryphotography #blues

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Jeff Titon @jefftoddtiton.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

Celebrating the birthday of blues guitarist Eddie Taylor (1923-1985), pictured at the Wisconsin Delta Blues Festival, Beloit College, Beloit, Wisconsin, February, 1970. Photo by Jeff Titon. #photography #documentaryphotography #blues

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Jeff Titon @jefftoddtiton.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

Celebrating the birthday of blues singer Bobby "Blue" Bland (1930-2013), pictured here at left at the 1970 Ann Arbor Blues Festival, Ann Arbor, Michigan, August, 1970. Photo by Jeff Titon. #photography #documentaryphotography #blues

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Jeff Titon @jefftoddtiton.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

Is it still there? #141 in a series. Cedar Grove Old Regular Baptist Church, Hallie, Letcher Co., Kentucky, 1990. Photo by Jeff Titon. #photography #documentaryphotography

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Jeff Titon @jefftoddtiton.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

Is it still there? #140 in a series. Dump truck, Stonington, Maine, 1988. Photo by Jeff Titon. #photography #documentaryphotography

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Jeff Titon @jefftoddtiton.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

Celebrating the birthday of blues singer and guitarist Sleepy John Estes (1899-1977), pictured here at left at the 1969 Ann Arbor Blues Festival, Ann Arbor, Michigan, August, 1969. Photo by Jeff Titon. #photography #documentaryphotography #blues

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White Water Tavern @whitewatertavern.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Today! We're looking forward to parterning with Central Arkansas Library Systems to host a big used book from 4pm-8:30pm. For the WWT pop-up, CALS has pulled a curated selection of adult literary fiction, classics, poetry, various art and philosophy books. Most books are priced between $3-$8.

We're looking forward to parterning with Central Arkansas Library Systems to host a big used book sale this Wednesday, January 21st from 4pm-8:30pm. For the WWT pop-up, CALS has pulled a curated selection of adult literary fiction, classics, poetry, various art and philosophy books. Most books are priced between $3-$8.

In addition to providing community members with affordable books, the CALS Used Book Sale (CUBS) provides generous funding for library programs. Every time you shop, you support Summer@CALS, Six Bridges Book Festival, Encyclopedia of Arkansas, Count Up Math Tutoring, Rock It! Lab, library gardens, & grants to all CALS branches.

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Jeff Titon @jefftoddtiton.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Catching up with January blues birthdays, here is blues and gospel singer Rev. Robert Wilkins (Jan. 16, 1896-May 26, 1987), in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in 1970, waiting to open with Robert Pete Williams, before a concert by The Band. Photo by Jeff Titon. #photography #documentaryphotography #blues

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Jeff Titon @jefftoddtiton.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

Celebrating the birthday of blues guitarist Luther Tucker (1936-1993), pictured here at left at the 1969 Ann Arbor Blues Festival. L-R: Luther Tucker, Lightnin' Hopkins, a musician playing harmonica whom I don't know, and Sam Lay. Photo by Jeff Titon. #photography #documentaryphotography #blues

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