Monday, September 25, 2006

Blues death

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6137711

Baker, called the world's premiere Piedmont-style blues guitarist, has died at 93. Baker grew up in a family that was proficient in blues, hymns, and rags. She first gained notoriety in 1956 when she appeared on a compilation album called "Instrumental Music of the Southern Appalachians."

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