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Last month, Taylor was named Traditional Blues Artist of the Year at the Blues Music Awards in Memphis.
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And she explored the blues in her recent "Memphis Blues" CD.
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"You can draw a triangle from Nashville to Memphis to Muscle Shoals, and while Nashville is the country center, Memphis is generally known as the blues center, " Lair says.
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From the playgrounds to the high schools to the University of Memphis, the city loves its barbecue, blues and basketball.
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David Evans, a blues scholar at the University of Memphis, blames commercial developers.
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Last year, fewer tourists than usual went to Beale Street in Memphis, Tennessee, one of the birthplaces of the blues, and this was widely blamed on the fact that nearby Tunica is awash in cheap liquor and discounted motel rooms.
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The blues revival came too late to save such historic Memphis landmarks as the Stax Records studio, but Beale Street was still around technically speaking, anyway.
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