Soon after the incident, on a cold January day in 1909, he was repairing the little wooden bridge over the lake on the edge of his farm. Others in the family followed the heavily traveled path out of Mississippi to Memphis, where the blues spurred the rise of rock-and-roll. But blues is the greatest, because blues is the only one that, along with the rhythm and the music, brings wisdom."
Author: @NatGeo
Published at: 2026-02-04 00:00:00
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