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Tuneful Tuesday–I Got the Blues!

No, not the Rolling Stones kinda blues. March 28, it turns out, is the anniversary of the death of two giants of American music. W.C. Handy was born November 16, 1873, in Florence, Alabama, to Charles and Elizabeth Handy.  His strict Methodist minister father forbade musical instruments in the house, believing them to be tools… Continue reading Tuneful Tuesday–I Got the Blues!