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Meaning in the Blues

BBC Radio 3
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In the third of ten Programmes,
Paul Oliver looks at the way the superstitions and voodoo which persisted in black communities in the United States are reflected in the blues.
He talks to
Robert Henry , Shakey Jake ,
Will Shade and Brother John Seller , and "deludes records by the Memphis Jug Band, Punny Paper Smith �d Jazz Gillum.
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Contributors

Unknown:
Paul Oliver
Unknown:
Robert Henry
Unknown:
Shakey Jake
Unknown:
Brother John Seller
Unknown:
Jazz Gillum.
Source: Radio Times

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