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Lonnie Pitchford

Diddley bow participant Lonnie Pitchford was an obscure Delta blues participant until he was “discovered” by ethnomusicologist Value Long. He begun to attract crowds playing the music of Robert Johnson, music like “SERIOUSLY IN MY OWN Kitchen” and “Terraplane Blues,” on his one-stringed didley bow. Pitchford started playing Johnson’s music …

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