Black Traditional Music Practitioners Blues

Barbara Brinson-Robbins – Daughter of legendary Luther “Georgia boy” “Snake Boy” Johnson

Published by Lamont Jack Pearley

In this episode of The Jack Dappa Blues Podcast, I speak with Barbara Brinson-Robbins, daughter of the legendary bluesman, Luther “Snake Boy” Johnson, also known as Georgia Boy Johnson! She shares her journey meeting and getting to know her father’s side of the family, as well as the conflicts of having to straighten out the many misconceptions and incorrect information floating around about her father’s life, death, and music.

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Lamont Jack Pearley – Executive Director/ Founder of Jack Dappa Blues Heritage Preservation Foundation. Pearley
is an award-winning Independent Filmmaker and radio journalist. Pearley is an applied folklorist, ethnographer, African American traditional music historian, and practitioner enrolled at WKU in the African American and Folk Studies programs. The founder and Editor in Chief of the African American Folklorist Magazine, Pearley also hosts a weekly segment on WKU Public Radio & NPR called the African American Folklorist. He was inducted into the New York Blues Hall of Fame as Great Blues Historian and TV/Radio Producer (2017) and Great Blues Artist (2018). Pearley works in Folklore's academic and public sectors, where his expertise assists communities and local advocacies to document their stories and strategize and implement long-term goals for cultural sustainability.

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