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393:"Take a Trip With Me" – 5:04
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868:The Swarthmore Concert
628:Autobiography in Blues
772:The King of the Blues
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684:Lightnin' Sam Hopkins
660:Lightnin' in New York
1127:A Long Way from Home
764:My Life in the Blues
265:Professional ratings
135:The Sound of America
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