The Essential Memphis Library: Alberta Hunter’s ‘Amtrak Blues’

By , Daily Memphian Updated: October 17, 2024 4:00 AM CT | Published: October 17, 2024 4:00 AM CT

In the annals of American music comebacks, few were as surprising, as long-in-coming or, in its own modestly charming way, as grand as the re-emergence of Alberta Hunter in the late 1970s. 

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Chris Herrington covers the Memphis Grizzlies and writes about Memphis culture, food, and civic life. 


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