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Broken Levee Blues

Broken  Levee  Blues
Broken Levee Blues by Lonnie Johnson - 1928
Writer(s): Lonnie Johnson

Lonnie Johnson (vcl,g); San Antonio, Texas, March 13, 1928

In 1928 famous blues guitarist Lonnie Johnson recorded “Broken Levee Blues”, about the forced conscription of African Americans to work on the levees during the famous 1927 Mississippi River flood.
I wants to go back to Helena,* the high waters got me bogged.
(Continues)
Contributed by Pluck 2025/1/2 - 10:39




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