Jerron Paxton

You know, I really wish I could have learned from a stack of extremely valuable 78s. That's not the case. Poor people didn't really have the Internet until I'd say around—in my area, they didn't have the Internet until around 2004, 2005. and I was about 15 to 16 then, so I had a bit more access to it back then.

You know, I really wish I could have learned from a stack of extremely valuable 78s. That's not the case. Poor people didn't really have the Internet until I'd say around—in my area, they didn't have the Internet until around 2004, 2005. and I was about 15 to 16 then, so I had a bit more access to it back then.

But, you know, I remember going to the local swap meets and just asked for what CDs they had of the blues, and I'd look and see if there was any names I'd recognize, and if there were, like Sonny Terry and Brownie McGee or Big Bill Brunzi or something like that, I'd take them home with me. And also, I'd say one of the biggest...

But, you know, I remember going to the local swap meets and just asked for what CDs they had of the blues, and I'd look and see if there was any names I'd recognize, and if there were, like Sonny Terry and Brownie McGee or Big Bill Brunzi or something like that, I'd take them home with me. And also, I'd say one of the biggest...

But, you know, I remember going to the local swap meets and just asked for what CDs they had of the blues, and I'd look and see if there was any names I'd recognize, and if there were, like Sonny Terry and Brownie McGee or Big Bill Brunzi or something like that, I'd take them home with me. And also, I'd say one of the biggest...

exposures I had to that good music was all those wonderful documentaries that came out on public television about the blues and things like that. You not only got to hear the people, but you got to see them. So there was a few. And then, you know, you get a list of names and, you know, found out that you were listening to something like Bucka White. I was listening to him my whole life.

exposures I had to that good music was all those wonderful documentaries that came out on public television about the blues and things like that. You not only got to hear the people, but you got to see them. So there was a few. And then, you know, you get a list of names and, you know, found out that you were listening to something like Bucka White. I was listening to him my whole life.

exposures I had to that good music was all those wonderful documentaries that came out on public television about the blues and things like that. You not only got to hear the people, but you got to see them. So there was a few. And then, you know, you get a list of names and, you know, found out that you were listening to something like Bucka White. I was listening to him my whole life.

Scott Dunbar I had to come up on later. But then, you know, I remember getting Charlie Patton's name and, you know,

Scott Dunbar I had to come up on later. But then, you know, I remember getting Charlie Patton's name and, you know,

Scott Dunbar I had to come up on later. But then, you know, I remember getting Charlie Patton's name and, you know,

writing down my list of people to look up and then going to my auntie's house who had the internet and listening to 30-second samples and say, oh, that sounds good, and asking for a bunch of records during the holidays and consuming them for the rest of the year and reading all the little pamphlets that came in the records so you know a little bit about the person's life.

writing down my list of people to look up and then going to my auntie's house who had the internet and listening to 30-second samples and say, oh, that sounds good, and asking for a bunch of records during the holidays and consuming them for the rest of the year and reading all the little pamphlets that came in the records so you know a little bit about the person's life.

writing down my list of people to look up and then going to my auntie's house who had the internet and listening to 30-second samples and say, oh, that sounds good, and asking for a bunch of records during the holidays and consuming them for the rest of the year and reading all the little pamphlets that came in the records so you know a little bit about the person's life.

And that's kind of how I got my start with delving into the artists.

And that's kind of how I got my start with delving into the artists.

And that's kind of how I got my start with delving into the artists.

Yes, sir. Johnny is a great influence. That Louisiana culture has been in Los Angeles for several generations. You could always meet people who made the big trek from Louisiana, just like my family did in the 50s. People made that transition, some of them in the teens, some of them in the 1890s, if you go back. way far back.

Yes, sir. Johnny is a great influence. That Louisiana culture has been in Los Angeles for several generations. You could always meet people who made the big trek from Louisiana, just like my family did in the 50s. People made that transition, some of them in the teens, some of them in the 1890s, if you go back. way far back.

Yes, sir. Johnny is a great influence. That Louisiana culture has been in Los Angeles for several generations. You could always meet people who made the big trek from Louisiana, just like my family did in the 50s. People made that transition, some of them in the teens, some of them in the 1890s, if you go back. way far back.