Booker T. Sapps performing with Roger Matthews and Willie Flowers in Belle Glade

Booker T. Sapps performing with Roger Matthews and Willie Flowers in Belle Glade

Blues

Library of Congress folklorist Alan Lomax discovered Booker T. Sapps in Belle Glade, Florida. Sapps and other musicians worked the citrus fields in Belle Glade and entertained other farmworkers during their off hours. Working-class audiences across Florida enjoyed blues performances. Music promoters recognized the music’s popularity and began organizing tours throughout the state at small nightclubs, taverns, and cafes in African American communities. Sapps is playing the harmonica in this photo accompanied by fellow harmonica player Roger Matthews and guitarist Willie Flowers.

Lomax, Alan

http://www.loc.gov/folklife/sampler/FLphotoalbum.html

Library of Congress

1935

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Belle Glade, Florida