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Rory Block left home as a teenager then met and impressed her blues heroes
She refined her skills with help from Skip James, John Hurt and Fred McDowell, wound up with a signature Martin guitar, and with advice from Maria Maulder, fought self-doubt to deliver new album Heavy on the Blues
“The curator called me with tears in his voice – it’s a devastating mess”: Museum honoring legendary blues trailblazer Mississippi John Hurt destroyed in fire
Guitars and some of the last tangible memories of the revered bluesman have been lost in the fire, which has reduced the guitarist’s former home to ash
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