Paul,

Keep it up. I think the important thing is to discuss those ledgends and pioneers who deserved to be recognized. Also, the stories are incredible and help us understand what I think is the very important of the American experience and American history that is mostly not known.

Paul, you brought up a great one and a fascinating one. I remember the reactions and looks of the young kids who were at the Newport Festival. I believe Martin Scorcase did a really strong episode about him on the Blues documentary.

I have one in mind to do that is someone still living.

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Rather unhelpfully, my own copy of Sonny Boy Williamson's "Down And Out Blues" (1960) has a large photo of Sonny Boy the 1st on the cover - but all the music is by Sonny Boy the 2nd.

Incidentally, this album leads off with the track "Don't Start Me To Talkin'" - which those with long memories will recognise as the title of the column I wrote in "Rock On" in the late '90s.