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Bobby Bland: Moving Ahead

David Nathan, Blues & Soul, 16 September 1975

IN RETROSPECT, when the historians or whoever decide to document the music of the fifties, sixties and seventies, the omission of the name Bobby Bland will be considered a glaring error on the part of anyone with even a limited knowledge of the man's artistry. Not nearly enough people are aware of Bobby's music even today, nearly two decades after the man's initial entry into show business.

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