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Killer Blues finds blues musicians from around the country who have passed and are in unmarked graves

By Shelley Irwin
Published February 22, 2024 at 10:50 AM EST
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We talk to founder Steve Salter about this Killer Blues Headstone Project and its future plans.

Killer Blues finds blues musicians from around the country who have passed and are in unmarked graves, this nonprofit raising funds to place headstones on these graves, up to 159 to date. We talk to founder Steve Salter about this Killer Blues Headstone Project and its future plans.

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Shelley Irwin
Shelley Irwin is the host and producer for The Shelley Irwin Show, a news magazine talk-show format on the local NPR affiliate Monday through Friday. The show, broadcast at 9 a.m., features a wide variety of local and national news makers, plus special features.
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