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image from Bronze Map: W. C. Handy Plays the Blues'
80. W. C. Handy Plays the Blues

Florence, Lauderdale County
Musician and composer W. C. Handy, known as the "Father of the Blues," was born in Florence in 1873. Some of his
famous works include the Memphis Blues and the St. Louis Blues.

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