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Blues 'enthusiast' Morgan Freeman's album covers 100 years of the genre

Blues 'enthusiast' Morgan Freeman's album covers 100 years of the genre
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It happened out of necessity. Academy Award-winner Morgan Freeman was in Clarksdale, Mississippi, 25 years ago when some out-of-towners asked where they could hear blues music. Musicians were abundant; venues were not. “There was no place where we could guarantee that you could go in and hear it,...

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