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Ike and Tina Turner perform onstage in 1964; Ike plays a white Fender Stratocaster guitar while Tina sings into a microphone, with band members and instruments in the background.

Charles Brown smiling and wearing a light-colored suit, posed at a piano with one hand on the keys in a black and white portrait.

Map of the Blues Highway, U.S. Route 61, marked in pink with music note icons highlighting key blues cities, including off-route cities like Chicago and Nashville.

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Ike and Tina Turner perform onstage in 1964; Ike plays a white Fender Stratocaster guitar while Tina sings into a microphone, with band members and instruments in the background.

Ike and Tina Turner

Ike (playing a Fender Stratocaster) and Tina Turner, 1964.

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Charles Brown smiling and wearing a light-colored suit, posed at a piano with one hand on the keys in a black and white portrait.

Charles Brown

Charles Brown.

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Map of the Blues Highway, U.S. Route 61, marked in pink with music note icons highlighting key blues cities, including off-route cities like Chicago and Nashville.

Map of the Blues Highway (U.S. Route 61)

An interactive map of the Blues Highway (U.S. Route 61), highlighting important blues...

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