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This is the latest installment of our weekly series The Language of the Blues, in which author and rock musician…

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Have fun on Beale Street enjoying all the great music, and don’t forget to enjoy the local food as well, which is some of the best in the country.

Jamesetta Hawkins was born to a Los Angeles prostitute, brought up by an abusive preacher, tossed around foster homes. And was just a teenager in 1954 when she scored her first chart-topping hit. It all moved pretty fast after that…

With more than 250 bands and artists from around the world competing, things will be hopping all over town, especially on Beale Street.

He was born Huddie Ledbetter, on a Louisiana plantation. A big man, terribly strong. And all that strength was matched by a fiery temper. A combo that got him in trouble…

“It Is With The Heaviest of Hearts That We Announce the passing of our comrade, Eagles founder, Glenn Frey, in New York City on Monday, January 18th, 2016.”

Arrangements have been released for the funeral services and celebration of Otis Clay.

So one of my favorite music books is called the Language of the Blues. Written by a badass blues rock musician named Debra Devi…

“I don’t know where I’m going from here, but I promise it won’t be boring.”