Tag: Harry Oster

zzuq | Other blues enthusiasts (4A)

In this column: blues enthusiasts, folklorists, musicologists, Harry Oster, Stefan Wirz, Butch Cage, Willie B. Thomas, Lawrence Gellert, negro songs of protest, Heritage Records, Bruce Conforth, unknown prisoner performing Mr. Tyree, Bruce Jackson, On the Inside, Pete, Toshi and Daniel Seeger, Afro-American Work Songs, Sam Charters, Fury Lewis, Sleepy John Estes, Ann Charters, Singing the …

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zzuw | Nicknames and stage names (9)

In this column: nicknames, stage names, Papa Egg Shell, Hambone Eillie Newbern, Hogman Maxey, Steve Hickman, Scrapper Blackwell, Skip James, Son House, Hacksaw Harney, Rabbit Brown, Roosevelt "Grey Ghost" Williams, Jake Edwards, Louisiana Red, Peetie Wheatstraw, Shakey Jake, Harry Oster, Angola State Penitentiary, Studs Terkel, Gene Rosenthal, Adelphi studios In this episode names with a …

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