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Obama joins Jagger, B.B. King, to belt out blues

The president just couldn't say no: Mick Jagger held out a mic almost by way of command, and soon Barack Obama was belting out the blues with the best of them....

 

Phoebe Snow, Bluesy Singer-Songwriter, Dies at 60

Phoebe Snow, Bluesy Singer-Songwriter, Dies at 60

Ms. Snow’s “Poetry Man” was her defining hit song, and the folk guitarist made forays into jazz and blues.

 

Blues queen Koko Taylor dies at 80

Koko Taylor, a sharecropper's daughter whose regal bearing and powerful voice earned her the sobriquet "Queen of the Blues," has died after complications from surgery. She was 80.

 

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