{"id":36328,"date":"2021-08-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-08-01T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aliciaroca.com\/lhdb\/eddie-martin-the-birdcage-sessions\/"},"modified":"2025-09-04T22:21:55","modified_gmt":"2025-09-04T20:21:55","slug":"eddie-martin-the-birdcage-sessions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lahoradelblues.com\/en\/eddie-martin-the-birdcage-sessions\/","title":{"rendered":"Eddie Martin &#8220;The Birdcage Sessions&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Born in London, singer and multi-instrumentalist Eddie Martin showed from his teens a natural ability to compose and perform songs, which led him to collaborate with Bob Dylan. It wasn&#8217;t until he discovered Freddie King and Robert Johnson that he decided to immerse himself into Afroamerican music. 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