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You’ve heard Lonnie Johnson’s “Broken Levee Blues”, but the history of Levee’s remain important to the blues. Debra Devi enlightens us in this weeks Language of the Blues!

I’m a CRAWILN KINGSNAKE…. John Lee Hooker used to say. But this word’s meaning digs DEEP — back to Africa. Uncover the mysterious and fascinating origins of “Kingsnake”