Jaybird Coleman was a popular country blues harmonica player, guitarist, and vocalist. He played throughout Alabama and recorded numerous sides during the late 1920s and early 1930s. Coleman was born 'Burl C. Coleman' on May 20, 1896, and grew up in a family of sharecroppers in Alabama. At the age of 12, he began teaching […]
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