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Pat Blythe: Women of Blues 3 – Bessie Smith – The Empress of The Blues

Posted in Opinion with tags 81 Theatre, Andrew Smith, Aretha Franklin, Billie Holiday, Blue Goose Hollow, blues, Bob Segarini, Buck Washington, Charlie Green, Chu Berry, Clarence Smith, Coleman "Hawk" Hawkins, David Dicaire, DBAWIS, Dori Previn, Empress of the Blues, Fletcher Henderson, Frank Teagarden, Frank Walker, Frankie Newton, HBO, If I Could Be With You (One Hour Tonight), Jack Gee, James P Johnson, Janis Joplin, Jazz, Joe "Fox" Smith, John Hammond, Louis Armstrong., luvthemusic, Ma Rainey, Mahalia Jackson, Mamie Smith, Mo'nique, Mount Lawn Cemetery, New Race Records, Norah Jones, Okeh Records, Pat Blythe, piano, Queen Latifah, Richard Morgan, rock 'n roll, Rock and Roll, swing, Swing Era, tenor saxophone, The Charleston, The Greatest Blues Singer in the World, The Roaring Twenties, trombone, trumpet, Viola Smith, White Elephant Saloon on July 8, 2015 by segarini

“The blues is not about people knowing you, it’s about you knowing the people.” –– Ma Rainey, (from the HBO movie Bessie)

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