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Killer Blues @_killerblues

The Killer Blues Headstone Project is a nonprofit organization that is dedicated to providing headstones for blues musicians that are lying in unmarked graves.

Joined November 2012
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Remembering bluesman BB King, who passed away on this day in 2015 - Mr. King is laid to rest in Indianola, #Mississippi! #blues #music
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Remembering bluesman Muddy Waters - who passed away forty years ago today - Mr. Waters is lays to rest at Restvale Cemetery in #Chicago! #blues #music
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Remembering bluesman Leroy Carr - who passed away on this day in 1935 - Mr. Carr is laid to rest at Floral Park Cemetery in #Indianapolis, #Indiana! #blues #music #bluesmusic
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Remembering bluesman Charley Patton - who passed away on this day in 1934 - Mr. Patton is laid to rest at New Jerusalem Cemetery in #Mississippi! #blues #music
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Remembering, the one and only, Count Basie - who passed away on this day in 1984 - Mr. Basie is laid to rest at Pinelawn Memorial Park in New York! #NY #jazz #blues #music
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Remembering bluesman and Killer Blues headstone recipient Walter Vinson - who passed away on this day in 1975 - Mr. Vinson is laid to rest at Holy Sepulcher Cemetery in #Chicago, #Illinois! #blues #music #bluesmusic #nonproit
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Remembering bluesman and Killer Blues headstone recipient Alger Alexander - who passed away on this day in 1954 - Mr. Alexander is laid to rest at the Longstreet Cemetery in #Texas! #blues #music #nonprofit
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Remembering saxophonist Andrew Love - who passed away on this day in 2012 - Mr. Love is laid to rest at Memorial Park Cemetery in #Memphis, #Tennessee! #rocknroll #blues #rhythmandblues #sax #music
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Remembering Chuck Willis - who passed away on this day in 1958 - the “King of the Stroll” is laid to rest at South View Cemetery in #Atlanta, #Georgia! #blues #rocknroll #rhythmandblues #music
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Remembering bluesman and Killer Blues headstone recipient Floyd Council - who passed away on this day in 1976 - Mr. Council is laid to rest at White Oak AME Zion Cemetery in North Carolina! #nc #blues #music #bluesmusic #nonprofit
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Remembering bluesman Sylvester Weaver - who passed away on this day in 1960 - Mr. Weaver is laid to rest at the #Louisville Cemetery in #Kentucky! #ky #blues #music
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Remembering bluesman Armond “Jump” Jackson - who passed away on this day in 1985 - Mr. Jackson is laid to rest at Lincoln Cemetery in #Chicago! #blues #music
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Remembering bluesman Willie Dixon - who passed away on this day in 1992 - Mr. Dixon is laid to rest at Burr Oak Cemetery in #Chicago! #blues #music
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Remembering bluesman “Kansas” Joe McCoy - who passed away on this day in 1950 - Mr. McCoy is laid to rest at Restvale Cemetery in #Chicago! #blues #music #nonprofit
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Remembering bluesman and Killer Blues headstone recipient Big Leon Brooks - Mr. Brooks is laid to rest at Mt. Glenwood Cemetery in #Chicago! #blues #music #nonprofit
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Remembering bluesman Charles Brown - who passed away on this day in 1999 - Mr. Brown is laid to rest at Inglewood Park Cemetery near Los Angeles! #LA #blues #music
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Remembering bluesman David “Junior” Kimbrough - who passed away twenty five years ago today - he is laid to rest at the Kimbrough Cemetery near Holly Springs, #Mississippi! #blues #music
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Remembering the amazing Precious Bryant - who passed away on this day in 2013 - the “Dark Angel” is laid to rest at Salem Primitive Baptist in #Georgia! #blues #music
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Remembering the one and only Howlin’ Wolf - who passed away on this day in 1976 - the Wolf is laid to rest at the Oakridge-Glen Oak Cemetery in #Chicago! #blues #music
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Remember boogie woogie bluesman and Killer Blues headstone recipient Clarence Lofton - who passed away on this day in 1957! #blues #music #nonprofit
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