| "His mother-in-law owned
a jukejoint establishment in Helena, Arkansas called the Dreamland
Cafe. There George listened to blues legends like Sonny Boy Williamson
and watched the patrons dance, drink, eat catfish, court, sport and
score. His experience has been steeped in the music and life passages
of blues people." |
"Mr. Hunt spent three
decades teaching art education and coaching at George Washington Carver
High School in Memphis before dedicating full time to painting. He
now works in a studio overlooking world-famous Beale Street. Ninety-nine
percent of what George Hunt paints come from the Southern African-American
experience, especially the folk tradition, civil rights movement,
the mythic heroism of Black manhood and of course blues music and
culture " |
