Later, influences were legendary blues artists such as Big Bill Broonzy and Mississippi John Hurt.
Big Bill Broonzys Southern Blues contains the line where the Southern crosses the Dog, referring to Moorhead where the line crossed the Southern Railway.
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As a young musician he worked with Big Bill Broonzy, Josh White, and Cisco Houston; Houston became La Farge's mentor, in songwriting and in life.
Alan Lomax interview with Memphis Slim, Big Bill Broonzy and Sonny Boy Williamson on the album, Blues in the Mississippi Night, Rykodisc, 1990.