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Spevak: Lesley Riddle's story may sound familiar


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He was a Southern black man who helped shape American music in the late 1920s. He moved to Rochester, gave up music and lived in obscurity for two decades before he was re-discovered during the mid-1960s blues and folk revival. He resumed his career, touring and recording before his death. A few years ago, his life even inspired a musical. That story is one we know well here in Rochester. But I'm not talking about Son House, the iconic bluesman. It is also Lesley Riddle's story.
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