Like everybody else in the Delta, they listened to phonographs, jukeboxes and the radio, and they sang country music, popular songs of the day, even jazz, for both blacks and whites. Singer Johnny Shines, who knew [Robert] Johnson well, said that the singer of the doomy 'Hellhound on My Trail' was also 'a polka hound' - David Gates on the bluesman stereotype, Newsweek
Happy Thanksgiving to all of you who celebrate the holiday. May your turkey or tofurkey be moist, your cranberry sauce be tart, and your pie crusts be flakey.
And try to avoid talking politics with your relatives!
Thanks, and Happy Thanksgiving to you! I've resolved to quickly try and change the subject if politics come up. With our dinner group it's not likely though.