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The roots of blues music history run deep in America, dating back to southern plantations and field hollers, Chuck Renn explains. These utterances from slaves and sharecroppers took on a musical flavor that was later picked up by musicians, and after migrating up the Mississippi River and into cities like St. Louis, Chicago and New York, morphed into the essence of a unique musical experience known as the American blues. ....
Larry W. Fredrickson was born Oct. 13, 1944. He grew up on the family farm outside of Troy with four sisters and two brothers. He was the baby, born Friday ....