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Thread #157325   Message #4109610
Posted By: GUEST,Joseph Scott
10-Jun-21 - 05:55 PM
Thread Name: Who started the Delta blues myth?
Subject: RE: Who started the Delta blues myth?
I'll take Morton over Broonzy as an informant. Roughly half of Morton's stories check out when treated as leads, whereas I don't recall ever learning anything from Broonzy other than that "See See Rider" was around before 1920, which we know from other sources anyway.