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Word: played-out (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1958-1958
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...William Lee Conley Broonzy, the business of crying the blues began when he and his twin sister Lannie were still barefoot kids scuffling in the played-out dirt around their parents' shack near Jackson, Miss. Bill pestered the owner of the general store into giving him a guitar. "Bill could play your name on it," says Lannie. "I swear he could make it talk...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: Best of the Blues | 9/1/1958 | See Source »

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