Keyboard player and singer Eddie Tigner. Photo courtesy of Music Maker Foundation.
This is a music-rich hour-long radio documentary about four older Southern bluesmen—Boo Hanks, Little Freddie King, Captain Luke, and Eddie Tigner—and folklorist Tim Duffy, who is working to promote them on the world stage. It tells the story of the North Carolina-based Music Maker Foundation.
The documentary was originally broadcast in 2010 and aired on more than 300 stations. Of the four bluesmen, only Little Freddie King survives.
Produced by Barry Yeoman and Richard Ziglar.
Narrated by Barry Yeoman.
Originally commissioned by AARP Prime Time Radio.
Below: Listen to Truckin’ My Blues Away (download here)
Captain Luke. Photo by Tim Duffy.
