CULTURETECHLENSBlues Hall of Fame
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Combined Graph record U-00295 · provenance: canonical master store (CSV), record CTL-L-0005. Master record source: CTL seed 2026-10-16 — UNVERIFIED, verify before public citation.
Blues Hall of Fame is a hall_of_fame run by the Blues Foundation (issuer confirmed): the Foundation's own site (blues.org, tier 2) states 'Founded in 1980, The Blues Foundation...' and lists 'the Blues Music Awards, Blues Hall of Fame, International Blues Challenge, and Keeping the Blues Alive Awards' as its signature honors, with the Blues Hall of Fame Museum in Memphis. Stored issuer=Blues Foundation and founded=1980 confirmed at the bar (the 1980 date is the Foundation's founding; the Hall was established the same year — first inductees 1980 per Mississippi Blues Trail search result — so no correction is warranted, but see finding in summary: the prop does not distinguish Foundation-founding from Hall-founding).
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Blues Hall of Fame is a hall_of_fame run by the Blues Foundation (issuer confirmed): the Foundation's own site (blues.org, tier 2) states 'Founded in 1980, The Blues Foundation...' and lists 'the Blues Music Awards, Blues Hall of Fame, International Blues Challenge, and Keeping the Blues Alive Awards' as its signature honors, with the Blues Hall of Fame Museum in Memphis.
Sources
- https://blues.org/blues-foundation-announces-2018-keeping-blues-alive-award-recipients/ (verification source · master store)
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Blues Hall of Fame is a hall_of_fame run by the Blues Foundation (issuer confirmed): the Foundation's own site (blues.org, tier 2) states 'Founded in 1980, The Blues Foundation...' and lists 'the Blues Music Awards, Blues Hall of Fame, International Blues Challenge, and Keeping the Blues Alive Awards' as its signature honors, with the Blues Hall of Fame Museum in Memphis. Stored issuer=Blues Foundation and founded=1980 confirmed at the bar (the 1980 date is the Foundation's founding; the Hall was established the same year — first inductees 1980 per Mississippi Blues Trail search result — so no correction is warranted, but see finding in summary: the prop does not distinguish Foundation-founding from Hall-founding).
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