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Bluesman Jimmie Lee Robinson Dead at 71
Blues legend Jimmie Lee Robinson, known to fans as The Lonely Traveller,
died July 6 in Chicago following his battle with cancer. He was 71.
Robinson, a Chicago native and lifelong resident whose legal and Muslim
name was JL Latif Aliomar, began playing guitar in Chicago's famed
open-air market on Maxwell Street in 1942 along with the likes 
of Big Bill Broonzy and Robert Nighthawk.
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Posted by Acoustic Sounds on 07/06/2002 at 3:33 PM | Categories:
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