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  1. “Goin’ out tonight, get high as a kite; What you do in the dark looks mighty bad in the light.” ~ Edith Johnson-1929 8:19 AM Oct 20th from web
  2. “I got a shape like a tadpole, eyes like a frog.When I start to shimmy, mama,you’ll holler ‘hot dog’.”~ When My Man Shimmies-J. Edwards-1924 5:43 AM Oct 20th from web
  3. "You was a good old gobbler but you lost your strut.” ~ Hard Headed Mama -Martha Copeland-1927 5:34 AM Oct 20th from web
  4. Eric Clapton once said that the only man alive or dead he knew of that could get any sound out of the guitar at any time, was S.R. Vaughan. 4:02 AM Oct 20th from web
  5. @DrHool @bodrell I don't think McCormick disputes Johnson's death, just the document itself. Perhaps the document was faked? 7:47 AM Oct 19th from web in reply to DrHool
  6. Robert Johnson could be in deep conversation,and days later play a song he heard in the background(during convo) note 4 note,w/no practice. 7:45 AM Oct 19th from web
  7. Robert Johnson's 30th song from the movie "Crossroads"? He had one! it was "Mr. Down Child" recorded by Robert Lockwood Jr. 7:08 AM Oct 19th from web
  8. #Blues Researcher Mack McCormick believes that if you examine the Robert Johnson death certificate closely, you will see its a fake. Wow! 6:20 AM Oct 19th from web
  9. The harmonica is often referred to as the Mississippi Saxophone. 4:37 AM Oct 19th from web
  10. Tommy Johnson drank himself to death.He played a house party for Ella Lee Hampton, then after playing, died on her couch in the other room. 11:45 AM Oct 16th from web
  11. Tommy Johnson was a great bluesman. He wouldn't play until he drank, once he drank, he couldn't play. The dilemma of a workin' bluesman... 11:15 AM Oct 16th from web
  12. A jealous man once tried to murder Patton by slicing his throat. Patton bore a large scar for the rest of his life across his neck. 11:12 AM Oct 16th from web
  13. Scholars have started to notice what is being referred to as "Reverse Migration",where African-Americans are migrating from north to south. 9:47 AM Oct 16th from web
  14. #FF @bodrell @gbossmusic @iPolitics @TraceTV @rockingto Thanks for holding it down! 9:45 AM Oct 16th from web
  15. @juggbutt Yes, I tend to agree with you there. But to your point, the blues themselves were created in America. But no Africans, no blues. 9:40 AM Oct 16th from web in reply to SutherlandPics
  16. #FF @vicksbergnews @FAKU_ @Mary4Music @BlueRouteBlues @Whiteboy_Slim @JukeJoint5 @atane @bluesforlife @brucegator @glove 5:49 AM Oct 16th from web
  17. @FAKU_ Actually, many artists in the south held the acoustic sound. I wish more had done so - I agree. 5:15 AM Oct 16th from web
  18. Sharp Dressed Man! It is rumored by family that Charlie Patton wore a suit and nice shoes everyday of his life after 1910. 3:46 AM Oct 16th from web
  19. @juggbutt Field Hollers find their origins in the deep south of the US. It is where they were created, during slavery. Not in Africa. 3:46 AM Oct 16th from web in reply to SutherlandPics
  20. @juggbutt Well, there is no blues without African-Americans. The Africans did not invent the blues. It was created in the MS Delta. 3:45 AM Oct 16th from web in reply to SutherlandPics