A Southern Musician is Discovered

North Carolina's Captain Luke

Singing the Blues

By: Prime Time Postscript: Richard Ziglar and Barry Yeoman | Source: AARP Radio | October 13, 2009

Eighty-year-old Captain Luke sings his own brand of Piedmont Blues at drink-houses in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. As a retired laborer, he never considered himself a professional musician—until folklorist Tim Duffy heard his dry baritone voice. Independent producer Richard Ziglar reports.

Co-producer Barry Yeoman also took the photographs in our video slide show, which was produced by Angel Todd.

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