Blind Lemon Jefferson s grave in a small cemetery off Highway 14 north of
Wortham is a well-kept spot along the back fence honored with a metal state historic marker.
Often called the
Wortham Negro Cemetery is a mystery, as is most of his biography.
Jefferson was born blind in a sharecropper s cabin on Sept. 24, 1893, near
Coutchman, a settlement that no longer exists, west of Wortham. At a young age he began playing guitar and singing for coins on street corners and juke joints around
Mexia.
Deep Ellum neighborhood with the then-24-year-old
Huddie Leadbelly Ledbetter. Jefferson s favorite corner was at Elm Street and Central Avenue (now Central Expressway).
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Born on this day in 1940, Jorma Ludwik Kaukonen, Jr. is an American blues, folk, and rock guitarist, best known as a performer with Jefferson Airplane and Hot Tuna, becomes a rockin Octagenarian! Kaukonen is credited with suggesting the name Jefferson Airplane, which he says was inspired by an eccentric friend who had given his dog the name Blind Lemon Jefferson Airplane. In his honor, here s Jorma and Jack Casady remembering Woodstock and discussing their time in Jefferson Airplane and Hot Tuna.