Jefferson, Blind Lemon

Little is known for sure about Jefferson aside from the bare facts of his biography. The youngest of seven children, he was born and raised on a small farm owned by his parents Alec and Classie in Freestone County sixty miles south of Dallas. It is unclear whether he was born with his visual handicap or whether it was the result of childhood injury or illness; in either case, there is a mass of circumstantial evidence to suggest that he was...