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David “Fathead" Newman Born

David “Fathead" Newman was born in Corsicana, Texas on February 24, 1933. His family soon moved to Dallas, Texas where they settled and David stayed through graduating Lincoln High School. During his...

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Juré was an older Creole tradition of call-and-response singing, clapping and stomping — rhythm and voice without instruments — that fed into early zydeco.

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