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	Handbook of Texas Online:
		Blind Lemon Jefferson, blues musician, son of Alec and Cassie Jefferson, was born in Coutchman, Texas, in July 1897 (an estimated date since no records are available).
		Jefferson received no formal education and instead traveled from town to town in the Wortham area, playing his guitar and singing songs, most of which were his own compositions.
		Blind Lemon was buried in the Wortham Negro Cemetery, and his grave was marked as an official Texas historical monument in 1967.
	www.tsha.utexas.edu /handbook/online/articles/JJ/fje1.html (432 words)

	Blind Lemon Jefferson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		He was blind or nearly blind from a young age, possibly from birth; the cause is unknown, as is the reason for the name or nickname "Lemon".
		Jefferson's earnings reputedly enabled him to buy a car and employ chauffeurs (although there is debate over the reliability of this as well); he was given a Ford car "worth over $700" by Mayo Williams, Paramount's connection with the fl community.
		Jefferson is known to have done an unusual amount of traveling for the time in the American South, which is reflected in the difficulty of pigeonholing his music into one regional category.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Blind_Lemon_Jefferson (1392 words)

	Blind Lemon Jefferson (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		It was largely due to the of artists such as Blind Lemon Jefferson contemporaries such as Blind Blake and Ma Rainey that Paramount became the leading recording for the blues in the twenties.
		Jefferson was an important influence on the generation of blues singers and guitarists including Leadbelly.
		It's not surprising that Blind Lemon was the most popular bluesman of his era for when you have the pleasure of hearing him for the first time you are subconsciously captivated by a voice which is obviously blessed with such rare subtle harmony that it ca...
	www.freeglossary.com /Blind_Lemon_Jefferson (333 words)

	NationMaster.com - Encyclopedia: Blind Lemon Jefferson (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Blind Blake Blind Blake (born Arthur Blake, circa 1893, Jacksonville, Florida; died: circa 1933) was an influential blues singer and guitarist.
		In fact it was largely due to the popularity of artists such as Blind Lemon Jefferson, his contemporary Blind Blake, and Ma Rainey that Paramount became the leading recording company for the blues in the twenties.
		Jefferson was an important influence on the next generation of blues singers and guitarists, including Leadbelly.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Blind-Lemon-Jefferson (2773 words)

	VH1.com : Blind Lemon Jefferson : Biography
		With Jefferson came a blues artist who was solo, self-accompanied, and performing a great deal of original material in addition to the more familiar repertoire of folk standards and shouts.
		Many specifics on the life of Blind Lemon Jefferson are not available, but general information on the man and his career can be traced somewhat through recordings, a few public records, and the memories of those who knew him.
		As a result, Blind Lemon Jefferson Clubs were opened in California and New York during the '60s, and the rock band Jefferson Airplane reputedly chose their name after the great bluesman.
	www.vh1.com /artists/az/jefferson_blind_lemon/bio.jhtml (1286 words)

	Blind Lemon Jefferson (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Jefferson Blues Magazine Named after legendary Texas bluesman Blind Lemon Jefferson, this Scandinavian magazine was founded in 1968 and is the oldest blues magazine in the world.
		Jefferson, Blind Lemon Fan web site dedicated to this influential Country Blues man from East Texas, one of the first commercially successful recording artists in the late 1920's.
		Lemon Lime Sauce Recipe by The California Culinary Academy using plain low-fat yogurt, confectioner's sugar, lemon and lime rind, and freshly squeezed lemon and lime juice.
	www.serebella.com /encyclopedia/article-Blind_Lemon_Jefferson.html (1396 words)

	Jefferson Airplane - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Jefferson Airplane was inducted in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1996.
		The term Jefferson airplane is also slang for a used match bent to hold a marijuana joint that has been smoked too short to hold without burning the hands, an improvised roach clip.
		This edition of Jefferson Starship (such as it was) included members of Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young (David Crosby and Graham Nash) and members of the Grateful Dead (Jerry Garcia, Bill Kreutzman, and Mickey Hart), as well as some of the remaining members of Jefferson Airplane (Slick, Covington, and Casady).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Jefferson_Airplane (3625 words)

	Southern History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Blind Lemon performed at house parties, picnics, and dances around Wortham, Texas until 1917, when he moved to the Deep Ellum section of Dallas (comparable to Beale Street in Memphis).
		Jefferson regularly traveled beyond Dallas to the Carolinas, the Delta, Atlanta and Oklahoma where he was becoming quite famous.
		Lemon recorded with the Paramount label for four years and except for a brief stint recording for Okeh Records (he recorded "Matchbox Blues" and "The Black Snake Moan" for Okeh in 1927) he recorded exclusively with Paramount.
	www.southernhistory.net /modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=8604&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0&POSTNUKESID=fd1ebefc98c920720469ba1c26f08847 (485 words)

	Blind Lemon Jefferson - The Best of Blind Lemon Jefferson at Music Hills.com
		Yah, I know it is hard to keep the names of all these male blind blues singers straight.
		Blind Willie, Blind Lemon, Blind Blake, etc. but there are differences.
		It is interesting that so many of these blind fl singers, probably otherwise unemployable, gave the blues (and sometimes their root music, gospel, also) a tryout on the streets and seemingly thrived on this market niche.
	www.music-hills.com /Blind-Lemon-Jefferson/The-Best-of-Blind-Lemon-Jefferson-B00004Y9XC.htm (350 words)

	Rykodisc Catalog Artist (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Blind Lemon drew crowds so large that he was able to support a wife and child from his tin cup offerings; he reportedly took in as much as $150.00 on a good day!
		Blind Lemon rode the rails and sang on the streets throughout Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Virginia and elsewhere well into the 1920s.
		What we do know is that Blind Lemon Jefferson's recording career spanned the years from 1925 to 1929, and that five years is an awfully short period to create a musical legacy that has remained vital for over seven decades.
	www.rykodisc.com /Catalog/CatalogArtist_01.asp?Action=Get&Artist_ID=233 (545 words)

	Blind Lemon Jefferson.
		Blind Lemon was born in the Freestone County settlement of Coutchman, the blind son of Alec and Cassie Jefferson.
		Jefferson was discovered by a talent scout for Paramount Records while in Dallas and was lured to Chicago.
		Blind Lemon died of a heart attack during a Chicago snowstorm in 1929, but there was no death certificate and the exact date of his death is unknown.
	www.texasescapes.com /DEPARTMENTS/Guest_Columnists/East_Texas_all_things_historical/BlindLemon1BB301.htm (440 words)

	Blind Lemon Jefferson
		Blind Lemon Jefferson was one of the most influential country bluesmen the genre has known, as well as one of its first commercially successful recording artists.
		It was Jefferson's guitar style that had the biggest impact on his contemporaries and future generations of bluesmen.
		On Sept 13th 1997, the first annual Blind Lemon Jefferson Festival was a reasonable success as over $3,000.00 was raised to go towards the renovation of his grave site and make sure that in the future all the graves at the cemetery are swept clean.
	www.bad-seed.org /~cave/misc/blind.html (578 words)

	blind-lemon-jefferson Mp3 Albums Review
		It's not surprising that Blind Lemon was the most popular bluesman of his era for when you have the pleasure of hearing him for the first time you are subconsciously captivated by a voice which is obviously blessed with such rare subtle harmony that it can only be desribed as other worldly.
		Jefferson is considered to be the father of Texas blues, and with good reason.
		Lemon's playing was accompanied by a high and lonesome voice that complemented his formidable songwriting skills.
	www.full-albums.net /albums_review-blind-lemon-jefferson.asp (1582 words)

	Waterloo Records - Blind Lemon Jefferson : Blind Lemon Jefferson (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The scratchy, crackly records that preserve Blind Lemon Jefferson's music have been subject to endless audio treatments and restorations.
		Jefferson's reputation as one of the most important and influential blues musicians in history is not overstated.
		A pioneer in every sense of the word, Jefferson is a consummate artist--his highly ornamental playing creates elaborate accompaniment that is at once purely fluid and rhythmically adventurous (he often shifts meters within a song or phrase).
	www.buymusichere.net /rel/v2_viewupc.php?storenr=13&upc=02521847222 (221 words)

	Blind Lemon Jefferson: biography and encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Blindness can be defined physiologically as the condition of lacking sight....
		It was largely due to the popularity of artists such as Blind Lemon Jefferson and contemporaries such as Blind Blake[Click link for more facts about this topic] and Ma Rainey Ma Rainey quick summary:
		Gertrude pridgett rainey, better known as ma rainey (april 26, 1886 - december 22, 1939) was a classic female blues singer, the earliest...
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/b/bl/blind_lemon_jefferson.htm (1052 words)

	Blind Lemon Jefferson Biography : Oldies.com
		Jefferson was one of the earliest and most influential rural blues singers to record.
		He was one of seven children born to Alex Jefferson and Classie Banks (or Bates) and was either blind or partially blind from early childhood.
		Jefferson's later recordings seemed to lose some of the originality and impact of his earlier work but he remained popular until his sudden and somewhat mysterious death.
	www.oldies.com /artist/biography.cfm/id_54.html (457 words)

	Blind Lemon Jefferson - Bedeutung, Definition, Erklärung im netlexikon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		"Blind" Lemon Jefferson (* September 1893 in Couchman, nahe Wortham, Texas, † Dezember 1929 in Chicago, Illinois) war ein einflussreicher und in den 1920er Jahren sehr populärer Bluessänger und -gitarrist.
		Er war entweder von Geburt an praktisch blind oder erblindete in frühester Jugend, was seine Karriere als Musiker vorbestimmte.
		Blind Lemon Jefferson wurde 1980 von der "Blues Foundation" in die Blues Hall of Fame aufgenommen.
	www.lexikon-definition.de /Blind-Lemon-Jefferson.html (621 words)

	Amazon.com: The Best of Blind Lemon Jefferson: Music: Blind Lemon Jefferson (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Yazoo's "The Best of Blind Lemon Jefferson" takes the place of the now-deleted "King of the Country Blues." Brand new digital transfers have been made from the original 78s; there also seem to be fewer scratches audible than in the former disc, though to be sure there's plenty of surface hiss.
		Lemon Jefferson recorded the first blues hit by a male vocalist and one of the first hits by a country musician - "Long Lonesome Blues," paired with "Got the Blues," issued in early 1926.
		Blind Lemon Jefferson should be heard, and on this CD he really can be heard.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00004Y9XC?v=glance (1719 words)

	Blind Lemon Jefferson - Blind Lemon Jefferson
		Jefferson was one of the most influential artists of the blues' first flowering in the 1920s.
		His records were best sellers for Paramount throughout the 1920s, and he and Ma Rainey were responsible for putting the label on the map.
		Black Swan, the label that reissues original Paramount material, presents 20 of Jefferson's best sides, compiled from the cleanest available copies of some extremely rare 78s.
	www.venerablemusic.com /catalog/TitleDetails.asp?TitleID=353 (66 words)

	Blind Lemon Jefferson CD Review
		Blind Lemon Jefferson is another giant in a long line of bluesmen where fact and fiction are permanently blurred.
		Jefferson was perhaps the first blues guitarist to use the instrument for fleet-fingered, single note solos of incredible dexterity and the proof resides here over 94 tracks, all remastered and sounding better than ever before.
		Jefferson's first studio session (in either late 1925 or early '26) found him under the name of Deacon L.J. Bates for I Want To Be Like Jesus In My Heart and All I Want Is That Pure Religion, but his blues remain as signatures of both form and function.
	www.mnblues.com /cdreview/2003/blindlemonjefferson-94classic-cr.html (718 words)

	Blind Lemon Jefferson (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		As a young man, Jefferson took up the guitar and became a street musician, playing in Wortham and nearby East Texas towns like Groesbeck (mentioned in his Penitentiary Blues,) Buffalo and Marlin, the birthplace of Blind Willie Johnson, who Lemon may well have encountered in his travels.
		Many years later, Leadbelly paid tribute to Lemon's greatness by recording several pieces inspired by Jefferson's playing (notably, Blind Lemon's Blues.) For an indeterminate period of time, they played together in Dallas, but from 1918 to 1924, Leadbelly served a prison sentence, afterwards returning to Louisiana, so their association may have been relatively brief.
		As his reputation grew, Lemon started traveling further afield to play, and in the early 1920s, he played in most Southern states, if all reports are to be believed.
	www.glade.net /~blindlemon/photo.htm (466 words)

	Documentary Arts, Inc.
		Blind Lemon Blues pays homage to the influence of Blind Lemon Jefferson, who emerged in the 1920s as the biggest selling country blues singer in America.
		The myth of Blind Lemon is set against a mod and foreboding backdrop -- an enlarged 1920s photo of a railroad created with seven strips of perforated vinyl -- and a Greek chorus serves as the memory, conscience and community of Blind Lemon (played by Babatunde).
		Blind Lemon Blues, which had its world premiere at the ForuMeyin in Geneva, was a fantastic musical and educational experience, and here's hoping we have a chance to see it again soon.
	www.docarts.com /events/blind_lemon.html (3656 words)

	Blind Lemon Jefferson MP3 Downloads - Blind Lemon Jefferson Music Downloads - Blind Lemon Jefferson Music Videos
		Almost all of his recordings were for the Paramount label, with the exception of his two-day session for Okeh, which took place in Atlanta in March of 1927.
		Regardless, the influential bluesman was still in his thirties when he died, and no death certificate was issued, so the date of his passing is only known to be toward the end of December.
		In the decades since, Jefferson's songs have been covered by countless musicians including Bob Dylan, John Hammond, Jr., and Kelly Joe Phelps, to name just a few.
	www.mp3.com /blind-lemon-jefferson/artists/324/biography.html (1311 words)

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