First Listen: Christone 'Kingfish' Ingram, 'Kingfish'
The 20-year-old guitar phenom understands the blues as a lifeline, a malleable language, a way of being in the world.
by Tom Moon
May 09, 2019
2 minutes
Christone "Kingfish" Ingram grew up in Clarksdale, Miss., a town sometimes called the "cradle" of the blues. Nearby is the plantation where Muddy Waters spent his childhood, as well as the mythic crossroads of Highway 61 and 49 where Robert Johnson made his deal with the devil.
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