Hooker was born on 22 August 1917 in Coahoma County near Clarksdale, Mississippi, the youngest of the eleven children of William Hooker (1871'“1923), a sharecropper and a Baptist preacher, and Minnie Ramsey (1875-?). Hooker and his siblings were home-schooled. They were permitted to listen only to

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As a curator for the site I will be writing about fashion. In particular, how one can still be fashionable in a recession and on a budget. I will be interviewing fashion professionals and highlighting stores and products I think are great for staying stylish on a budget. Please let me know if ther

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How can we explain the incredible talent that rises clear as a bell off the scratchy old recordings of bluesman Robert Johnson? If we believe the legends, Johnson got his gift on a lonely Mississippi road when he met up with Beelzebub himself. The devil offered Johnson a musical genius that would tea

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Wells was born in Memphis, Tennessee, and raised in Arkansas. Wells moved to Chicago in 1948 and first made his mark at age 18 playing in Muddy Waters' band. He later worked with Buddy Guy in the 1960s and recorded for Delmark Records. His most memorable songs are "Messin' With the Kid" and "Little b

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