See That My Grave Is Kept Clean

A new biography of the beloved but mysterious Blind Lemon Jefferson famous blues musician. Born in 1897 Jefferson was a blind street musician who played his guitar at the corner of Elm Street and Central Avenue in the Deep Ellum area of Dallas Texas until a Paramount Records scout discovered him. Between 1926 and his untimely death in 1929 Jefferson made more than 80 records and became the biggestselling blues singer in America.