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Florence W.C. Handy Music Festival
The W.C. Handy Music Festival, sponsored by the Music Preservation Society , is an event held annually in the Shoals area of Florence, Alabama. Previous festivals have featured jazz and blues legends including Jimmy Smith, Ramsey Lewis, Dizzy Gillespie, Bobby Blue Bland, Diane Schuur, Billy Taylor, Dianne Reeves and Charlie Byrd. W.C. Handy, known as the “Father of the blues”, was born in a simple log cabin in Florence, AL on Nov. 16, 1873 and lived there until he was nineteen years old. Handy composed the famous tunes “St. Louis Blues,” “Memphis Blues,” “Yellow Dog Blues,” and “Beale Street Blues”. The event will be held July 24 through July 30th, 2005.
Visit us at WCHandyMusicFestival.org for more information.
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