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Tom “Blue Coat” Nelson

Blues fiddler “Blue Coating” Tom Nelson, named for the blue army coat he always wore, hailed from Vicksburg, MS. He led an area string music group there, including guitarist T.C. Johnson. In 1928, “Blue Layer” journeyed to Memphis to record at Okeh’s field studio room (just times after Lonnie Johnson …

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