On his last day in office, Texas Governor Pat Neff fully pardoned folk musician Lead Belly, who was serving time for murder, because he was so moved by a song that the blues musician wrote about him.

It takes guts to hire away Howlin’ Wolf’s rhythm section, and that’s what Paul Butterfield did with drummer Sam Lay and bassist Jerome Arnold for The Paul Butterfield Blues Band’s self-titled 1965 debut.

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