A century before Drake, Adele and Olivia Rodrigo sang their sad songs, Blind Lemon Jefferson showed the world what depression and heartache were really all about. The first male blues superstar ...

Blind Lemon Jefferson's grave in a small cemetery off Highway 14 north of Wortham is a well-kept spot along the back fence honored with a metal state historic marker. Often called the "Father of ...

Texas street singer Blind Lemon Jefferson, who died in 1929, was an important influence on many of the blues and folk singers who followed him, including Bob Dylan, who featured Jefferson's "See ...

who uncovers the mystery of blues legend Blind Lemon Jefferson. Funny thing is, Govenar's research wasn't funded by anyone in Dallas, but, rather, by the French government, who saw value in ...

He’s not sure why it was named after Texas blues guitarist Blind Lemon Jefferson, but he liked it, kept it, and justified it. “I’ve had live music down here seven nights a week for 47 years,” he says.

DALLAS — As Dallas' Deep Ellum neighborhood waits for its pandemic-delayed live music to return to its concert halls, bars and clubs, one of its very first voices could be making a return too.

They've replaced the image of Texas blues patriarch Blind Lemon Jefferson with boring clip art. "You honestly don't think that, from 2003 to 2017, Blind Lemon had a pretty good run?" shot back ...

Blues-starved Gothamites can thank their European cousins for a quickie look (through Feb. 25) at this songbook entry celebrating the prolific career of blind street musician Jefferson. Show ...

There’s also Blind Lemon Jefferson and Blind Willie Johnson, painted by Teal Suns, as well as Jimmie and Stevie Ray Vaughan, painted by Ryan Stalsby. Alec DeJesus poses by his contribution to ...

Created by Alan Govenar and Akin Babatunde, the show features more than 60 Blind Lemon Jefferson songs. Performances begin February 15 and continue through February 25 only, at the York Theatre at ...

“Blind Lemon Jefferson, Blind Blake, Blind Boy Fuller... all the blind guys.” That’s how the multi-instrumentalist John Mayall, one of the chief architects of the British blues revival of ...

A highway now runs through where a vibrant community existed. Two exhibitions, Central Track: Crossroads of Deep Ellum and Seeing a World Blind Lemon Never Saw, at the African American Museum ...