Reading about bluesman Mississippi John Hurt (1893-1966), you learn that a record collector found Hurt by listening to the song "Avalon Blues," a.k.a. "Avalon, My Home Town."
He looks it up, (not on the Internet, back then)... and locates the musician. Like an underground detective.
Find a town named "Avalon," like the song, in the state of "Mississippi" since that's part of the guy's stage name...
That image stays in my memory. Finding someone by studying a song.
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