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The folk hero makes a few elliptical appearances, along with the bluesmen, scholars, and Tin Pan Alley tunesmiths who shaped his legend.—
Julian Lucas,
New Yorker,
22 June 2026 For one thing, Gotham’s opinion of the billionaire bluesman is almost entirely inconsequential; even in years when the Knicks have stunk like a Penn Station platform on an August afternoon, the Garden is almost always sold out.—
Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
5 June 2026 The play’s focus is resolutely on the impoverished rural family of women who fall under this ambitious bluesman’s influence in the rural Georgia of the 1930s, writes Chris Jones.—Chicago Tribune,
13 May 2026 Your first destination should be to see Kentucky bluesman Nat Myers, who will get the party started on T-Mobile at noon.—
Jim Harrington,
Mercury News,
13 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for bluesman