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Tolton Rosser SMRC Transcript.pdf
Interview with Dr. Tolton Rosser, conducted by Burgin Mathews at the Carver Theatre / Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame, April 19, 2016. Dr. Tolton Rosser (1932-2023) was a jazz musician, educator, and bandleader in Birmingham, Alabama. Rosser received…

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ARM 283 Eddie Levert.jpeg
Painting of Eddie Levert by Craig Legg, 2023. #283 in Craig Legg's Alabama Roots Music Trading Card Series. Courtesy Craig Legg.

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Painting of the Bessemer Big Four by Craig Legg, 2023. #156 in Craig Legg's Alabama Roots Music Trading Card Series. Courtesy Craig Legg.

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Painting of CIO singers by Craig Legg, 2023. #155 in Craig Legg's Alabama Roots Music Trading Card Series. Courtesy Craig Legg.

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Painting of Hank Ballard by Craig Legg, 2023. #075 in Craig Legg's Alabama Roots Music Trading Card Series. Courtesy Craig Legg.

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Painting of Jaybird Coleman by Craig Legg, 2023. #023 in Craig Legg's Alabama Roots Music Trading Card Series. Courtesy Craig Legg.

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Newspaper advertisement for "The Big Rhythm & Blues Show of '58" at the Madison Nite Spot. Featuring The Midnighters, The 5 Royales, Little Willie John, Bo Diddley, Al Jackson, Tiny Topsy, Etta James, the Cal Green Orchestra, and The…

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Funeral program for Henry Lee "Gip" Gipson, Sr.: blues musician and proprietor of Gip's Place, the Bessemer, Alabama, juke joint (1931-2019).

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put your hands on your hips!.mp3
Juke Joint Duo (Cedric Burnside & Lightnin' Malcom) live at Gip's Place, Bessemer, Alabama, October 2010. Henry "Gip" Gipson performs at approximately 26:00. Recorded by Ray Whirlwind. Courtesy Roger Stephenson.

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put your hands on your hips!.mp3
Satan and Adam, live at Gip's Place, Bessemer, Alabama, 2008. Featuring Little Joe Wells, Lenny Madden, and others. Recording courtesy Roger Stephenson. Listen to all tracks on this playlist (approximately 2 hours, 40 minutes total), or choose an…

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Willie King headlines Henry "Gip" Gipson's birthday party, 2007. Additional performers include Lenny Madden, Curtis Files, Gip Gipson, Jock Webb, Johnny Baldwin, and more.Recorded by Ray Whirlwind, courtesy Roger Stephenson.Track 1: Lenny Madden,…

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CD release party for the 2009 album Just Jukin' by SharBaby Newport and Clarence "Bluesman" Davis. Live at Gip's Place, Bessemer, Alabama, June 3, 2009.“I hope you got your cameras and whatever else to record this event. Tell your chilluns about it.”…

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Roscoe Robinson and Mikey Junior live at Gip's Place, Bessemer, Alabama, June 9, 2009. Recording courtesy Roger Stephenson. Track 1: Roscoe RobinsonIntro / Ooh Baby That’s Enough I Who Have Nothing So Called Friends We Got a Good Thing Going A…

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Founded in August, 1951, GLARE was a monthly magazine devoted to Black social and cultural life in Birmingham, Alabama. According to an editorial introduction in its inaugural issue, "GLARE pictures the better things of life, the pleasant things, the…

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Rabe Perkins Sings. 1972 songbook, Birmingham, Alabama.In the 1940s and '50s, the duo Rebe and Rabe -- Revin "Rebe" Gosdin and Auburn J. C. "Rabe" Perkins -- established themselves as popular fixtures of Birmingham, Alabama, radio station WVOK.…

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Sam Lay live at Gip’s Place, Bessemer, Alabama, May 25, 2008. Recording courtesy Roger Stephenson. Boogie Chillun Short Haired Woman I Can’t Be Satisfied Trouble No More I Got to Shoot Her Why You Want to Do Me Like That Sittin’ on Top of the World…

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Bobby Rush live at Gip's Place, December 19, 2009.Recording by Ray Whirlwind, courtesy Roger Stephenson.Running time: 53:13Tracklist (approximate): 00:00 Intro / Jimmy Reed Medley / You Just Like a Dresser 10:30 Uncle Esau 15:30 What’s Going…

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Willie King and Friends live at Gip’s Place, Bessemer, Alabama, December 20, 2008. Featuring: Lenny Madden, Kendra Sutton, Jock Webb, Elnora Spencer, Henry “Gip” Gibson, and others. Recording courtesy Roger Stephenson. “I’m gonna let y’all jook on…

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