Searching for Jimmie Strother, A Tale of Music, Murder, and Memory by Gregg D. Kimball is the incredible true story of a blind musician, a brutal crime, and the making of an American folk legend. In June 1936 James Lee Strother performed thirteen songs at the Virginia State Prison Farm for famed folklorist John Lomax […]
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