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Article: Rory Block.(FEATURES: Blues)(Interview)
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- Guitar Player
- Article date:
- December 1, 2008
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SINCE THE AGE OF 15, NEW YORK City native Rory Block has been obsessed with the gods and demons of blues. Literally. When her parents split and family life was in tatters back in 1964, she dropped out of tenth grade and set out to track down the living legends that had helped ignite her love of country blues--bluesmen such as Mississippi John Hurt, Reverend Gary Davis, and Son House. Her journey not only led her to those luminaries, it eventually led her to join their ranks. Today, she's one of the world's preeminent proponents of American roots music, as well as the humble holder of five Blues Music Awards, including one for her 2007 ...
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