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Aspects of the Blues

on BBC Radio 3

Francis Smith shows how much can be learned about the life of the black American from the blues he sang. 4: War
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
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Francis Smith
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Jack Dupree

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