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A Musician's Life: Charlie Musselwhite

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Length: 05:26

Blues harmonica player Charlie Musselwhite reflects on his life as a blues musician. The blues has helped him through hard times, including the murder of his mother last year. Read the full description.
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Broadcast History

Broadcast on WXPN-FM in Philadelphia October 2006. Will run on National Public Radio's World Cafe once between November and March '07.

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5:25
begins with about :02 of music. Charlie then says, "My name is Charlie Musselwhite. I'm known as a blues harmonica player".
ends with music

Suggested host intro: It's time for an installment in our series called ?A Musician?s Life?. We hear performers from the worlds of rock, folk, soul and the blues muse about the work they do and the lives they lead.

Back announce: And we heard from CHARLIE MUSSELWHITE. He?s one of the artists featured in our ?A Musician?s Life? series. The series is produced by WXPN'FM's Tracey Tanenbaum.

Musical Works

The Blues Overtook Me, Walking Alone from "One Night in America" (Telarc, 2002)
Highway Blues, If Trouble were Money from album "Memphis Charlie" ( (Arhoolie, 1969)

Bedside of a Neighbor (performed with Blind Boys of Alabama) from album "In My Time" (Alligator, 1993)

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