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Arts and Music
Black Arts Legacies

Music and Family

The contributions of Black artists to the cultural landscape of the Seattle area are longstanding, vital and ongoing. The works of these artists — in literature, music, visual arts and performance — are worthy of recognition and examination.

Music and Family

Season 1 Episode 3 | 7m 40s | CC

Dave Lewis was a talented keyboardist and key player in the Pacific Northwest’s booming rhythm and blues scene of the 1950s and ’60s — a scene that eventually evolved into Seattle’s iconic take on rock ’n’ roll and bands like The Black Tones, a genre-busting rock band taking Seattle by storm.

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