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P.G. Lowery and the Spread of African-American Music
P.G. Lowery grew up in a musical family. After training at the Boston Conservatory of Music, he joined the circus at the turn of the twentieth century. Lowery’s all-black band spread early African-American music wherever the circus performed.
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They came to hear the concert of their lives, but experienced something far more profound.
