Unsung in His Home State: ; Blind Alfred Reed Was a Renowned Bluesman. A New Tribute Album Places Him As a Native Son

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The music of Blind Alfred Reed is known across America. But the late old-time fiddler has seldom been recognized as a West Virginian.

That's most likely about to change through the efforts of the West Virginia Music Hall of Fame, and to a Reed tribute album being recorded by some of the state's best and brightest musicians.

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Unsung in His Home State: ; Blind Alfred Reed Was a Renowned Bluesman. A New Tribute Album Places Him As a Native Son

Reed's catalog already has been tapped by such national notables as Ry Cooder - who gave Reed's 1929 song "How Can A Poor Man Stand Such Times And Live?" pro treatment on his 1970 debut - and New Jersey's own Bruce Springsteen, who revived t...

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