Philly bluesman Frank Bey is up for a posthumous Grammy for his final album ‘All My Dues Are Paid’ Dan DeLuca, The Philadelphia Inquirer
Frank Bey released his final album in January 2020, putting an exclamation point on a music career that stretched over five decades. Five months later, the Philadelphia blues singer who grew up in the Jim Crow South in Millen, Ga., died at age 74, after a yearslong struggle with kidney disease.
But after Bey’s death, his star continues to burn bright. On Sunday, All My Dues Are Paid is up for a Grammy for best traditional blues album. He’s posthumously competing against blues and soul greats Robert Cray, Bobby Rush, Don Bryant, and Jimmy “Duck” Holmes.
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Greece man descended from Harry Houdini to accept honor on magician’s behalf © AP Legendary escape artist Harry Houdini is shown in chains in this 1899 photo.
Legendary illusionist and escape artist Harry Houdini died almost 100 years ago, so this weekend his last remaining descendants will accept the honor of him being inducted into the National Museum of American Jewish History Only in America Hall of Fame.
And because there’s always a Rochester connection, one of those descendants is from Greece.
Jeff Blood called it “a huge honor” to be included in the ceremony, which will be held online starting at 8 p.m. Saturday. “The Houdinis are second to none,” he said.
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