Blues musician Asie Payton was born in 1937 in Washington County, Mississippi. Although he sang and played guitar, Asie nonetheless made his living as a farmer. Payton lived below the poverty level in a shotgun shack with no telephone or air conditioner in the small town of Holly Ridge in Mississippi. Asie spent his Saturday nights performing his distinctive and impassioned brand of raw and dirty blues music at a local grocery store. Moreover, Payton also performed at fellow bluesman Junior Kimb...
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