“junior parker”

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MYSTERY TRAIN

(Herman “Junior” Parker (March 27, 1932 – November 18, 1971) was an American Memphis blues singer and musician)

(he is best remembered for his unique voice, which has been described as “honeyed” and “velvet-smooth”)

(he was posthumously inducted into the ‘Blues Hall of Fame’ in 2001)

(one music journalist noted, “for years Junior Parker deserted downhome harmonica blues for uptown blues-soul music”)