Happy Birthday!

In Brownsville, Tennessee (probably)

The best ever Mandolin bluesist

Yank (James) Rachell

was born 3/16/1910
and 3/16/1908 and 1/16/1910
(d4/9/1997)

"I've had the blues so long they done turned into the blacks." - Yank Rachell

[bio at AMG]

(I only have one LP - wish I had more)

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