Prof. Railton’s claims are evidence-based and accurate. The next question is why state legislatures have reduced funding for higher education by almost 1/3, and then how to reverse this trend.

ONE STRING SAM.I NEED A HUNDRED DOLLARS.diddley bow YouTube video by silasouren

ONE STRING SAM .I NEED A HUNDRED DOLLARS.
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"diddley bow"

James D. Harris Born: April 12, 1921, Earle Died: March 2, 1990, Forrest City Instruments: Harmonica Nicknamed "Shakey Jake" for his skills with dice, Harris was born in Arkansas and raised there and in Chicago. He moved to Chicago after leaving the Army, and by 1946 was jamming with Muddy Waters, Little Walter, and others. He formed his own band in the 1950s and was a fixture on the Chicago blues scene. Harris began recording in the late fifties, and eventually recorded for Prestige-Bluesville, Artistic, Polydor, and others. After moving to Los Angeles in the mid sixties, Harris became more active in music. Harris toured the nightclub and festival circuit and appeared in the 1972 film "Conversations with Shakey Jake. He operated his own nightclub and record label, all the while continuing to perform and record. He left music in the 1980s and eventually returned to Arkansas. Harris died of pneumonia and is buried in Stanley Grove Cemetery in Pine Tree, Arkansas. Note: Harris was the uncle of Magic Sam (Sam Maghett).

Bluesman James “Shakey Jake” Harris (d. 1990 at Forrest City, Ark.) born April 12, 1921 at Earle, Arkansas.
He was blues guitarist Magic Sam’s uncle.

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3 Houbd Dog Taylor record albums

Theodore Roosevelt Taylor was born in Natchez, Mississippi in 1915 and grew up around Tchule and Greenwood in the Delta. He first took up guitar when he was twenty, and played in both standard and E tunings, but now plays strictly bottleneck style. His blues reflects his early friendship with Elmore James and the other men who first electrified slide guitar-he plays hard and loud. Taylor gigged all over the Delta, and worked on the

legendary King Biscuit Flour program on KFFA in West Helena, Arkansas, with Robert J. Lockwood and Sonny Boy Williamson. After coming to Chicago in 1942, Hound Dog worked at various day jobs, but he's been a full time bluesman since 1957. He's played in virtually every blues club in Chicago, and broadcasted for two years on Big Bill Hill's blues show on WOPA. His tunes have been borrowed by many other blues artists, and a version of one of his instrumentals was cut by Freddie King. The tune Hideaway made Freddie a star, but Hound Dog never received composer's credit.

Blues great “Hound Dog” Taylor (Theodore Roosevelt Taylor) born April 12, 1915 at Natchez, MS.
D. 1975.
“Shake your Money Maker”

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Walkin' Blues YouTube video by Son House - Topic

Son House & Willie Brown - Walkin' Blues

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Recorded 1930 for Paramount records

Blues and trouble just keep on worrying me They bother me so bad, I just can't stay here, no peace. If I could get lucky and win my train fare home If I could get lucky and win my train fare home I believe I'll go back down in Clarksdale, little girl that's where I belong. It seems so sad, child I wonder just how can it be It seems so sad, child I wonder just how can it be Everybody seems welcome in this old place but me. Muddy had been on a couple trips out of town with Leonard to visit disc jockeys, and he knew their records were reaching beyond Chicago. Now Muddy called Mr. Anderson at KFFA in Helena, Arkansas, and arranged for a radio slot. In late September of 1949, before harvest time, he took Jimmy Rogers, Little Walter, and Baby Face Leroy for a long month in the Delta. They arranged time off their day jobs or quit them to fulfill an old fantasy - becoming the disembodied voice they had so admired when Sonny Boy began broadcasting. On KFFA, their sponsor was a Helena store, Katz Clothing. The hour, however, came as something of a surprise: six in the morning, every morning. While Leonard may have been upset about temporarily losing his

Book “Can’t Be Satisfied: The life and Times of Muddy Waters” By Robert Gordon

Muddy’s birthday.
Muddy Waters & band hosted a radio show in Helena, Arkansas on radio station KFFA in 1949.
It was sponsored by a local clothing store.

good old boys like me is one of his finest

2 Otis Spann albums

OTIS SPANN piano and vocal MUDDY WATERS guitar SAMMY LAWHORN guitar LUTHER JOHNSON guitar MAC ARNOLD electric bass FRANCIS CLAY drums GEORGE SMITH harmonica

Blues piano great Otis Spann (d. 1970) was born March 21, 1930/Jackson, MS.
With Muddy Waters, others, solo.
“The Blues is Where it’s At” (1967) features Muddy & band with 2 Arkansas natives (Smith & Lawhorn) and our friend Mac Arnold on bass.

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Celebrating the birthday of blues singer-guitarist Eddie "Son" House (1902-1988), pictured at the 1970 Ann Arbor Blues Festival, Ann Arbor, Michigan. Photo by Jeff Titon. #photography #documentaryphotography #blues

ROBERT PETE WILLIAMS ~ High As I Want To Be YouTube video by 3006khz

ROBERT PETE WILLIAMS ~ High As I Want To Be
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Robert Pete Williams (March 14, 1914 – December 31, 1980)

Robert Pete Williams - Scrap Iron Blues YouTube video by lupine22

Robert Pete Williams - Scrap Iron Blues
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"Robert Pete Williams, bluesman from Baton Rouge, Louisiana, captured here in the process of improvising a new composition, Scrap Iron Blues, in 1971. Not only does he describe his current job, but he also explains...

Sly Stone albums Greatest Hits There’s a Rioy Goin’ On

Album Lighting’ Hopkins “The Blues Giant”

Birthdate of 2 Texas music legends:
Lightnin’ Hopkins (Centerville) and Sly Stone (Denton).
Everyday people:

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4 record albums by James Cotton

James Cotton blues historical marker near Tunica, MS. Photo by me MISSISSIPPI BLUES COMMISSION JAMES COTTON James Cotton, one of the world's most popular and dynamic blues harmonica players, was born just east of this site on the Bonnie Blue Plantation on July 1, 1935. Cotton apprenticed with harmonica master Sonny Boy Williamson No. 2 (Rice Miller) in Helena, Arkansas, and spent twelve years in Muddy Waters's band in Chicago. In 1966 Cotton left Muddy to start his own band, and later earned the nickname "Mr. Superharp" for his high-energy performances.

James Cotton painted on river wall mural at Helena, Arkansas. He’s next to Sonny Boy Williamson. Photo by me

Me handing James Cotton an award. Mrs. Cotton (Jackie) and Sonny Payne are also there.

Blues great James Cotton died March 16, 2017.
Protege of Sonny Boy Williamson, worked with Muddy Waters, solo.
*albums, historic marker, on Helena’s river wall mural, receiving award from me & Sonny Payne in 2011.

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3 jJW albums

@vanwinkle.bsky.social reminds me that it’s Jerry Jeff Walker’s birthday.
Wish I still had my copy of “Viva Terlingua.”
A friend used to sing “Up Against the Wall, Redneck” and I would accompany on guitar.
Good times.

Catching up on March blues birthdays: celebrating the March 15th birthday of blues singer-guitarist Sam "Lightnin'" Hopkins (1912-1982), pictured at the 1969 Ann Arbor Blues Festival, Ann Arbor, Michigan. Photo by Jeff Titon. #photography #documentaryphotography #blues

Catching up on March blues birthdays: celebrating the March 14th birthday of blues singer-guitarist Robert Pete Williams (1914-1980), pictured at left with Mance Lipscomb at the 1970 Ann Arbor Blues Festival, Ann Arbor, Michigan. Photo by Jeff Titon. #photography #documentaryphotography #blues

Catching up on March blues birthdays: celebrating the March 6th birthday of blues singer-guitarist Walter "Furry" Lewis (1893-1981), pictured during a performance at the Wisconsin Delta Blues Festival, Beloit College, 1970. Photo by Jeff Titon. #photography #documentaryphotography #blues

Nice to see friend and colleague Nick’s name mentioned here like this.

Wooden statue of St. Thaddeus, patron saint of difficult causes, standing in the Notre-Dame du Mont Carmel church, built in 1909, in Lille, northern Aroostook County, Maine. Photo by Jeff Titon. Canon TL-QL 35mm SLR camera, Canon FL 85mm f/1.8 lens, Kodak Ektachrome film, exposure data not recorded.

Is it still there? #147 in a series. Statue of St. Thaddeus, Notre-Dame du Mont Carmel Church, Lille, Maine, 1988. Photo by Jeff Titon. #photography #documentaryphotography #Maine

Yes, that's me too. Good idea. My PhD is in American Studies (1971) and I co-founded the American Studies program at Tufts in the late 1970s, while my closest disciplinary homes were in ethnomusicology and in folklore studies.

Whip Inflation Now

Is it still there? #146 in a series. Child's tombstone, Fort Kent, Maine, 1988. Translation from French: "Alice daughter of Ben and Alice Bosse died at the age of 9 years and 8 days See you in heaven" Photo by Jeff Titon. #photography #documentaryphotography

Is it still there? #146 in a series. Child's tombstone, Fort Kent, Maine, 1988. Translation from French: "Alice daughter of Ben and Alice Bosse died at the age of 9 years and 8 days See you in heaven" Photo by Jeff Titon. #photography #documentaryphotography

Is it still there? #145 in a series. Hilltop Store and Gas, Knox, Maine, July, 2000. Photo by Jeff Titon. #photography #documentaryphotography

Legendary founder of NPR programming Bill Siemering is enjoying Zoom visiting with students so much that he's asked me to put a second call out. No honorarium necessary. Any takers?

We come back this. Touching.

A1 - Lazy Bill Lucas & His Friends - I Had a Dream YouTube video by BluesUrbano

Lazy Bill Lucas & His Friends - I Had a Dream

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Is it still there? #144 in a series. Children's gravestone, Jollett Hollow Church Cemetery, Page Co., Virginia, 1985. Photo by Jeff Titon. #photography #documentaryphotography

Is it still there? #143 in a series. Paradise dormitory entrance, Sterling College, Craftsbury Common, Vermont. The College is set to close after the end of the school year (2026). Photo by Jeff Titon. #photography #documentaryphotography