Robert Brown was reputedly the illegitimate son of Frank Broonzy, who also fathered Big Bill Broonzy. Broonzy often joked that Sam was his half brother when they performed together. Sam was raised in ...

WHITEHALL -- Whatever happened to Mary Brown? Forty-three years ago she purchased an unmarked burial plot for pioneer blues singer/songwriter/musician Washboard Sam. Since then, neither Brown nor ...

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Every other Friday on Morning Edition NHPR’s Sam Evans-Brown tracks down answers to questions about the environment and outdoors for our listeners in a segment we call “Ask Sam." Sheila from ...