Like Lazarus risen, even the grave could not hold Blind Alfred Reed down. Dead since 1956, Reed’s return comes courtesy the diligence of Ted Olson and the backing of the Dust to Digital record label. ...
Members of the Alfred Reed family and Dr. Ted Olson stopped by the Birthplace of Country Music Museum Friday morning to participate in a radio interview and to sign copies of “Blind Alfred Reed: ...
CHARLESTON — It's 1927 and a man from southern West Virginia is writing songs about inequality, suffering of the poor, and the news of the day. His name is Blind Alfred Reed (1880-1956) and he was ...
Mike Seeger said he was struck by Blind Alfred Reed's music the very first time he laid ears on it. That feeling about his music has never gone away. At the induction of the West Virginia Music Hall ...