#1 Bill Williams (Richmond, Virginia, 28 February 1897 - Greenup, Kentucky, 6 October 1973) was a Kentucky based
songster. Throughout the Sixties, it seemed there was one 'discovery' or 'rediscovery' of a blues singer after another; a succession of methodical searches, happy accidents and dramatic events which brought not only a number of legendary figures to life, but also revealed that the wealth of talent in the black traditions had been even greater than might have been supposed. Already though, the circumstances which brought about these discoveries seem to …
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