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Today in Music: February 8th (Swingin’ Shepherd Blues)

Music history and highlights that have happened on February 8th… from the birthplace of the blues… and rock n’ roll. 1735:  First opera to ever appear in the American colonies, “Flora”, opens in Charleston. 1895:  Tchaikovsky’s revival of “Swan Lake” opens in St. Petersburg. 1915:  “Birth of a Nation”, the first full length motion picture […]

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