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If it's early October then that must mean that the King Biscuit Blues Festival is about to get cranking on Cherry Street in downtown Helena-West Helena. This year's festival starts with the Bubba Sullivan Memorial Jam on Wednesday and runs through Saturday with more than 70 acts on six different stages. That's a lot of blues!
Walter Morris Jr. remembers the boom days at Helena-West Helena. His father, who died in October 2017 at age 96, returned home after serving in the Navy during World War II. He went to work for the family business, Twin City Transit, which operated buses and taxis in what were then the bustling cities of Helena and West Helena.
Hawkins was born and raised in northwestern Arkansas and later relocated to Canada, where he continued to thrive as a legend of “rockabilly” music