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South Street Blues

  • South Street Blues

    Not "Martin and Roberts", as the artists on Track 16 -often appear, but two African-American street musicians from Philadelphia. They also recorded with Martin's nephew Bobby Leecan as the South Street Trio, heard on previous Christmas anthologies~

    Martin and Robert: Alfred Martin, guitar; Robert Cooksey, harmonica.

    New York NY 3/22/27 Vocalion 1127

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