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Terry Buckalew @terrybuckalew.bsky.social

R. Crumb born August 30, 1943. The cartoonist is also a musician and collector of early blues 78 records. Close to 7,000 discs. His “Heroes of the Blues” card set features some Arkansas artists:

HEROES OF THE BLUES A SET OF 36 CARDS ROOSEVELT SYKES BIG BILL PEETIE WHEATSTRAW No. 35- PEETIE WHEATSTRAW Born William Bunch at Ripley, Tenn. in 1902, Wheatstraw moved north in 1929 after living in Cotton Plant, Ark. Working largely out of St. Louis, he became one of the blues' most popular vocalists, recording 161 titles bet- ween 1930-1941. His style of interjecting a fleeting. falsetto in the last measure of a verse wa widely copied blues mannerism of the period. A fatal car accident cut short his career. was the most This is one a series of 36
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TheseBees are not the only bees @thesebees.bsky.social

Got this set many years ago and I still love it.

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