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Brogan, Daniel (24 Jan 1986). "Johnny
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Haight, Kathy (March 21, 1986). "Copeland Found Piece of Soul in West Africa".
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Snowden, Don (2 Feb 1986). "Copeland Takes Blues 'Home' to Africa". Calendar.
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Blues
Singers: Biographies of 50 Legendary Artists of the Early 20th Century
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Miller, Mark (24 Apr 1986). "Bringin' It All Back Home Johnny
Copeland".
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Quill, Greg (25 Apr 1986). "Bringin' It All Back Home, Johnny
Copeland".
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and a Gulf Coast shuffle with some tricky dance figures thrown in." The
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Joyce, Mike (17 Apr 1987). "Texas Blues & the Horns of Africa".
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Snider, Eric (12 Aug 1988). "Lean, Lone-Star Blues". Weekend.
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Halial, Jean-Claude
Kungnon, and Souliman Moamed – percussion
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All tracks are written by Johnny
Copeland except where noted
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812:Snowden, Don (1986). "From Out of the Blues".
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903:"Johnny Copeland Bringin' It All Back Home"
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661:Souleymane Coulibaly – technical assistance
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162:is an album by the American musician
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943:The Encyclopedia of Popular Music
773:Encyclopedia of the Blues-2nd (p)
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776:. University of Arkansas Press.
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1092:Catch Up with the Blues
191:on many of the tracks.
1142:Rounder Records albums
1132:Johnny Copeland albums
941:Larkin, Colin (2006).
605:Ben Bierman – trumpet
602:Emmet King – trombone
889:St. Petersburg Times
646:– mastering engineer
460:"Djeli, Djeli Blues"
200:Professional ratings
176:Abidjan, Ivory Coast
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988:The Globe and Mail
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608:Ken Vangel – piano
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1084:Flyin' High
1077:Robert Cray
651:arrangement
633:liner notes
612:Djeli Mousa
464:Djeli Mousa
356:Texas blues
144:Blues Power
63:Texas blues
1126:Categories
1112:(daughter)
666:References
418:"Kasavubu"
170:Production
116:chronology
1068:Showdown!
629:Dan Doyle
623:Technical
561:Musicians
556:Personnel
532:"Conakry"
490:"Abidjan"
407:Writer(s)
180:Dan Doyle
107:Dan Doyle
907:AllMusic
698:AllMusic
219:AllMusic
102:Producer
49:Released
39: by
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581:– drums
446:"Ngote"
147:(1989)
140:(1985)
131:(1984)
95:Rounder
1095:(1994)
1087:(1992)
1071:(with
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