Little Milton and The New Black Blues
Charlie Gillett, Record Mirror, 20 September 1969
THROUGH THE 1950's, men with loud voices, amplified guitars and a few noisy accompanists made a modest but sufficient living out of singing the blues in bars, clubs and small dance halls in Chicago, Houston, and a few places between.
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