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Alberta Hunter: [The musicians] that...

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[The musicians] that didn't know music could play the best blues. I know that I don't want no musicians who know all about music playin' for me.

Source: Hear Me Talkin to Ya, by Nat Shapiro and Nat Hentoff, 1955.
-- Alberta Hunter, (Apr 1 1895-1988), US blues singer; She who achieved international fame in the 1930s for her vigorous and rhythmically infectious style.


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