Excerpts from interview with Chicago blues musician Willie Monroe outside Checkerboard Lounge, Chicago, Illinois on May 30, 1977.

--Track Credits--
Ralph H. Metcalfe: Collector
Willie Monroe: Interviewee
Produced and Arranged By: Terry Blade
Special Contribution Credit: Chicago Ethnic Arts Project collection (AFC 1981/004), American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

Excerpts from interview with Chicago blues musician Willie Monroe outside Checkerboard Lounge, Chicago, Illinois on May 30, 1977. --Track Credits-- Ralph H. Metcalfe: Collector Willie Monroe: Interviewee Produced and Arranged By: Terry Blade Special Contribution Credit: Chicago Ethnic Arts Project collection (AFC 1981/004), American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

The Blues What They Call It (feat. Willie Monroe)

Terry Blade is a singer-songwriter and four-time gold medal winner at the Global Music Awards. A multi-genre artist and a Hollywood Music in Media Award nominee, his musical work is grounded in his experience as a black queer artist. He has drawn comparisons to artists such as Meshell Ndegeocello, Nina Simone and Gil Scott-Heron. With musical roots in DC and Chicago, Terry's music has been featured by Country Queer, Adobe and Teardrops, Surviving the Golden Age, Apple Music's Proud Radio, Yellow & Black, SwanoDown, Tinnitist and Alt77.

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Terry Blade is a singer-songwriter and four-time gold medal winner at the Global Music Awards. A multi-genre artist and a Hollywood Music in Media Award nominee, his musical work is grounded in his experience as a black queer artist. He has drawn comparisons to artists such as Meshell Ndegeocello, Nina Simone and Gil Scott-Heron. With musical roots in DC and Chicago, Terry's music has been featured by Country Queer, Adobe and Teardrops, Surviving the Golden Age, Apple Music's Proud Radio, Yellow &amp; Black, SwanoDown, Tinnitist and Alt77.

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The Blues What They Call It (feat. Willie Monroe)

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