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The Secret History of Chicago Music: Willie “Poor Boy” Lofton
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The Secret History of Chicago Music: Willie “Poor Boy” Lofton
This mysterious bluesman died in obscurity, but one of the eight songs he recorded would change the genre forever.
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Chicago Reader
February 6, 2014
August 18, 2021
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