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Frank Stokes and partner Dan Sane recorded as The Beale Street Shieks, a Memphis answer to the musical Chatmon family string band, the Mississippi Shieks. According to local tradition, Stokes was already playing the streets of Memphis by the turn of the century, about the same time the blues began to flourish. As a street artist, he needed a broad repertoire of songs and patter palatable to blacks and whites. A medicine show and house party favorite, Stokes was remembered as a consummate...
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Frank Stokes Beale Street Sheiks
Beale Street Sheiks - Frank Stokes
By: Frank Stokes
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Song List: Listen to Songs by Stokes, Frank You Shall, It's A Good Thing, Sweet To Mama
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Frank Stokes Downtown Blues
Downtown Blues - Frank Stokes
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