The roots of blues music history run deep in America, dating back to southern plantations and field hollers, Chuck Renn explains. These utterances from slaves and sharecroppers took on a musical flavor that was later picked up by musicians, and after migrating up the Mississippi River and into cities like St. Louis, Chicago and New York, morphed into the essence of a unique musical experience known as the American blues.
As a young man who had recently graduated from college, Wesley "Wes" Scott was a little surprised when he was drafted into the U.S. Army and deployed overseas during the Vietnam War.
There are uncertainties defining the period following graduation from high school, when decisions must be made about the direction of the future. As Terry Finn explained, when his high school days ended at Jefferson City Senior High in the spring of 1966, the overarching concern became whether to enlist in the military or wait to be drafted.
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