In this series. Francis Smith shows how much can be learnt about the life of the black American from the blues he sang.
Although there have been several wars this century, the Second World War inspired the most songs, like the Hitler Blues of the Florida Kid - 'Hitler is a man from his feet to his chest, don't bother nobody but God and Death' - and Champion Jack Dupree's 'Pearl Harbor Blues'. 'Lightnin' Hopkins turned his attention to the Korean War - 'Sad news from Korea'.
