"Lovejoy, Illinois" - Albert King - Brooklyn, IL
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YoSam.
N 38° 39.377 W 090° 09.967
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Actually it is the town of Brooklyn, Illinois, why African-Americans call it "Lovejoy" explained inside....
Waymark Code: WM10C6N
Location: Illinois, United States
Date Posted: 04/12/2019
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County of site: St. Clair County
Location of city: I-79 & IL-3, across the Mississippi River from St. Louis
City is called Lovejoy because of the abolitionist Elijah Lovejoy murdered near here taking a stand for his anti-slavery newspaper.
A good read on the subject and the political scene for slaves jumping to Illinois is here in Wikipedia
"Like other legends of the St. Louis blues, Albert King was not born here. But his name is synonymous, or at least should be, with the town where he established his career. The Mississippi native scored his first hits with St. Louis' Bobbin label in the '50s. Though he made some masterpieces in Memphis for Stax, including the essential collection Born Under a Bad Sign, on his 1971 album Lovejoy he paid tribute to his home on the east side of the river, the town of Brooklyn, Illinois, known to residents as Lovejoy (after the abolitionist Elijah P. Lovejoy), where King perfected his southpaw style and his massively influential tone." ~ By Roy Kasten, Riverfront Times
Listen to Albert sing the song: Lovejoy, Illinois