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Blues guitarist Tampa Blue (L) teaching apprentices Michael Dodge, Joseph Reina, and David Kirby how to play the blues- Tampa, Florida.

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Image Number

FA2136

Photographer

Stone, Robert L., 1944-

Date

1991

Date Note

Photographed in June 1991.

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Collection

Folklife collection
Series 1640, RG 158, Folk Arts Apprenticeships, 1990-1991 ; Box 11, FF1

Geographic Term

Tampa (Fla.)
Hillsborough County (Fla.)

Personal Subjects

Blue, Tampa
Dodge, Michael, 1961-
Kirby, David, 1946-
Reina, Joseph, 1958-

Physical Description

1 slide - col.

General Note

Tampa Blue's real name is Martin Locklear.

Blues guitarist Tampa Blue (L) teaching apprentices Michael Dodge, Joseph Reina, and David Kirby how to play the blues- Tampa, Florida.

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Blues guitarist Tampa Blue (L) teaching apprentices Michael Dodge, Joseph Reina, and David Kirby how to play the blues- Tampa, Florida.

Subject

Music--Performance

Performing arts

Music (History and characteristics)

Musical traditions, Secular

Musical traditions, African diaspora

Arts (Performing)--Florida--Hillsborough County--Tampa

Popular music

Blues (Music)--1991-2000

Folk music--United States

Instrumentalists

Songs, Blues

Guitarists

Steel guitar

Hawaiian guitar

Stringed instruments

Musical instruments

Blues musicians

Entertainers--Florida--Hillsborough County--Tampa

Teaching of folklore

Apprentices

Mentoring in the arts

Music--Instruction and study

Folk musicians--Florida--Hillsborough County--Tampa

Creator

Stone, Robert L., 1944-

Date

1991

Identifier

FA2136

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Date Note

Photographed in June 1991.

Geographic Term

Tampa (Fla.)

Hillsborough County (Fla.)

Color

color

Physical Description

1 slide - col.

Series Title

Folklife collection

Folklife Collection Series 1640, RG 158, Folk Arts Apprenticeships, 1990-1991 ; Box 11, FF1

Shelf Number

Shelf number: S1640B11F1

General Note

Tampa Blue's real name is Martin Locklear.

Subject - Person

Kirby, David, 1946-

Dodge, Michael, 1961-

Blue, Tampa

Reina, Joseph, 1958-

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Chicago Manual of Style

Stone, Robert L., 1944-. Blues guitarist Tampa Blue (L) teaching apprentices Michael Dodge, Joseph Reina, and David Kirby how to play the blues- Tampa, Florida. 1991. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. <https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/108088>, accessed 16 June 2026.

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Stone, Robert L., 1944-. Blues guitarist Tampa Blue (L) teaching apprentices Michael Dodge, Joseph Reina, and David Kirby how to play the blues- Tampa, Florida. 1991. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. Accessed 16 Jun. 2026.<https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/108088>

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(State Archives of Florida/Stone)

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