Singing The Blues - Nat Reese

This West Virginia bluesman describes the span of…

An episode of the Michael and Carrie Kline, Talking Across the Lines podcast, hosted by Michael and Carrie Kline, Talking Across the Lines, titled "Singing The Blues - Nat Reese" was published on October 3, 2018 and runs 8 minutes.

October 3, 2018 ·8m · Michael and Carrie Kline, Talking Across the Lines

Summary

This West Virginia bluesman describes the span of his career throughout the southern coalfields. His dad came from Virginia "to shake that money tree," but precious little shook loose. Nat Reese expresses humor and pathos through music and narrative in this eight-minute production made with WV Humanities support by Michael Kline in the 1980s while working on staff at the Augusta Heritage Center. Photo is by the great Douglas O. Yarrow.

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