100-yr-old creole fiddler
I thought this article might be of interest to some of you. Unfortunately, I can't find any related videos or MP3's. Opelousas is in Louisiana.
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Robert Johnson's mother, describing blues musicians:
"I never did have no trouble with him until he got big enough to be round with bigger boys and off from home. Then he used to follow all these harp blowers, mandoleen (sic) and guitar players."
Lomax, Alan, The Land where The Blues Began, NY: Pantheon, 1993, p.14.
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