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 Being pretty gregarious, I traveled in a wide circle seeking out music, specifically blues musicians. 

People would come to me and say, “There's a Black guy down in the projects that plays the guitar. You really ought to meet him.” He was George Brown. He lived in Dawson behind the peanut mill.

I met him through a friend. I got to hanging out with George first, and he got to talking about Cecil Barfield. These were guys in their seventies and eighties, and I was in my twenties.

Because of Cecil's Bull of The Woods truck that everybody used to recognize, I went up to Brownwood and just tracked him down. I just drove around ‘till I found his house.

Initially he was scared, like, “I'm in trouble. Here's a White man showing up at my house that I don't know, this ain't good.” So, it took me quite a few visits before you could see him just relax and just be himself and trusting of me. So, I knew two Blues men. Neither called themselves 'blues men'--it's just the only style they played. 

It was quite a while before I ever let anyone accompany me to his house, and when I did, I was very selective. I never wanted him to feel like a novelty or sideshow for entertainment. It was the same way with George Brown. 

It was gut-wrenching it was for me to have a hero of mine, a Black man close to four-times my age, always calling me 'Mr.’ and ‘Sir’. 

Every time he said it, I would cringe and immediately tell him, "Please, please Mr. Cecil don't say Sir and Mr to me!”. Cecil said, “That is how I am supposed to talk to you." 

This is a song I wrote about George Brown many years ago and probably my most well-known song: 

On YouTube: "Dog Finger"
UNCUT #7 Robert "Bubba" Hall 

Peanut Mill

Birds of a feather 

Flock together 

Seeking out the Blues

A great talent 

He uses a pick

Hidden by the peanut mill

It’s a real new day

A new year

An older generation

In a little town

Looking for a big tree

And a big talent

Elisha Jordon, poet

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