First Piece of the Rock (1983)

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First Piece of the Rock was released in 1983 as a tribute to Willie Lee Perryman, a blues musician known as "Piano Red" for much of his career. Two of Perryman's songs, "Rockin' with Red" and "Red's Boogie," were recorded in Atlanta in 1950 and made the national charts.

Print by Mike McCarty. Courtesy of Lowery Group

First Piece of the Rock (1983)

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