Tag: Long John Hunter

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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zzvb | Nicknames and Stage Names (4)

In this column: nicknames, stage names, the bigs, Big Bill Broonzy, Big Joe Williams, Big Joe Turner, Big Boy Cudrup, Big Walter Hornton, Big Moose Walker, big-tall-slim, Long John Hunter, Hollywood Fats, Birdlegg Pitmann, Slim Harpo, Lightnin' Slim In the third episode I tell stories about “The Bigs”; big, tall and slim. William Lee Conley …

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