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Music Makers


ARTIST STATEMENT: MUSIC MAKERS SERIES

Music Makers is an ongoing series that pays tribute to the faithful disciples of Southern musical traditions.

Music, the blues in particular, has always been an interest in my personal and professional life. I'm particularly captivated by the souls who have a commitment to Southern musical practices as a means of self-expression, historical preservation and in the case of many of the Music Makers artists, an honest means of...
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  • An elderly african-american man sings into a vintage microphone inside of a room full of antique radios
  • A trombone sits on a gun rack in the back window of an old black pick up truck
  • African-american blues musician, John Dee Holeman, sits on a chair outside of his Durham, NC home and smokes a cigarette while playing his guitar
  • African-american blues musician, John Dee Holeman, laughs as he plays his guitar in front of his home in Durham, North Carolina
  • A blues guitarist, Macavine Hayes with his guitar at the Music Makers Organization home base in Hillsborough North Carolina.
  • The late Macavine Hayes stands in a doorway with his acoustic guitar
  • Blues singer Captain Luke at the Music Makers Organization home base in Hillsborough North Carolina.
  • Blues singer Captain Luke at the Music Makers Organization home base in Hillsborough North Carolina.
  • Blues singer Captain Luke smokes a cigarette while enjoying the warm North Carolina weather
  • Blues musician Ironing Board Sam plays his keyboard inside of his Chapel Hill, NC home
  • The Carolina Chocolate Drops of Durham, NC pose at an old Plantation in their home town.
  • An elderly african-american blues musician plays the keyboard and sings along with his guitarist in an old tobacco warehouse in Durham, North Carolina
  • Bishop Dreddy Manning and his wife Marie sit on a pew in their church in Roanoke Rapids North Carolina.
  • Bishop Dready Manning sits on a pew in his church playing his acoustic guitar
  • A blues guitarist, Cool John Ferguson plays his guitar at the Music Makers Organization home base in Hillsborough North Carolina.
  • Blues guitarist Cool John Ferguson sits on his bed with his guitar
  • Blues guitarist Cool John Ferguson sits on his bed with his guitar
  • Blues singer Sweet Betty sits on a bench at Blind Willie's, Atlanta.
  • Blues singer Sweet Betty sings the blues in Blind Willie's, an Atlanta bar.
  • Blues Musician Albert White plays his guitar in a local Atlanta bar.
  • Blues guitarist Albert White plays a few licks inside of a Tavern in Atlanta Georgia
  • An elderly african-american woman plays the blues on her electric guitar inside a bar in Atlanta
  • Blues guitarist Beverly "Guitar" Watkins plays her electric guitar in a tavern
  • Blues guitarist Boo Hanks sits on the front steps of his trailer playing his acoustic guitar and singing
  • An elderly african-american man sits on a chair in his friend's backyard and plays his acoustic guitar.
  • An elderly african-american woman sings gospel and blues tunes on the screened porch of her house.
  • An elderly african-american woman sits in her rocking chair singing gospel tunes with her bible on her lap.
  • Blues and Gospel singer Pauline Goins sits on a rocking chair inside her home's screened porch with her bible
  • An elderly african-american musician dances and sings in his bedroom.
  • An african-american blues musician sits on a park bench leaning in towards the camera with his guitar.
  • An african-american blues musician closes his eyes and hugs his guitar.
  • A blues and jazz pianist's hands while playing the keys
  • An elderly african-american blues musician stands with a big smile playing his keytar in front of an Atlanta restaurant.
  • An older african-american blues musician has a smoke while playing his keyboard out behind his home.
  • A blues musician leans again his old worn-out truck with his guitar and harmonica
  • Blues musician George Higgs plays the harmonica on a stool at his North Carolina home
  • Blues singer Pat "Mother Blues" Cohen sits at the piano in her living room with her dog, a boston terrier
  • An elderly african-american blues musician poses in a dark bar with unique brick wall with his red electric guitar.
  • A man holds a beautiful acoustic guitar in front of an old door



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