If the roots of the blues grew out of the pain and suffering associated with the African-American experience, the branch called rhythm and blues hides the anguish under the most joyous and swingin’ music found in the American songbook. It’s in this time of hepcats and swingers, honkers and shouters, juke joints and roadhouses, popularized […]
Sean Burns
Sean Burns is a history teacher at Glenwood High School and a music enthusiast.
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The swinging cowboy
“Hughie Craig?” asks a patron of the Ramsey Cafe. “Nah, I haven’t seen him.” Dressed like every other semi-retired farmer in central Illinois–snap-front workshirt, white undershirt, and a seed corn cap–the patron tries to be helpful in a polite but curious manner. “Have you tried down at the museum?” he inquires. “You know he runs […]
