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  • Texas
    Texas
    / The arts

    …of the best-known fiddlers was Eck Robertson from Amarillo, who made the first country recording with the fiddle in 1922. Texas also has an important legacy of blues music stretching from the country blues of Blind Lemon Jefferson and Lightnin’ Hopkins to the rhythm and blues of Bobby (“Blue”) Bland—who…

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    …of the best-known fiddlers was Eck Robertson from Amarillo, who made the first country recording with the fiddle in 1922. Texas also has an important legacy of blues music stretching from the country blues of Blind Lemon Jefferson and Lightnin’ Hopkins to the rhythm and blues of Bobby (“Blue”) Bland—who…

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