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Article: Blues fest bodes well for Henry Street: Fedora Oblongata.
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- The Roanoke Times (Roanoke, VA)
- Article date:
- July 27, 2006
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Byline: Tad Dickens
Jul. 27--I got a pretty powerful glimpse at the future of old Henry Street on Saturday night.
OK. Officially, it's First Street. But it used to be Henry Street, and it was jumping. Audiences could go there to hear the greats in jazz and soul music -- such acts as Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald, Duke Ellington, James Brown, Otis Redding, Fats Domino, Cab Calloway.
Then desegregation came. Then urban renewal came. Then Henry Street became a ghost.
A new festival hit Henry on Saturday. The inaugural Blue Ridge Blues and BBQ Festival looked like a success. Something else looked just as good -- the potential for the ...