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Norman Otis Richmond Interview
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1.2025-06-30 Norman Otis on the Carl Nelson Show talking about Black Music Month

2.2025-06-02 Norman Otis on the Carl Nelson Show talking about Black Music Month

3.2025-03-03 Norman Otis on the Taylor Report with Phil Taylor on CIUT.fm.

Norman (Otis) Richmond,
aka Jalali, The Bluesologist

Norman (Otis) Richmond, aka Jalali, was born in Arcadia, Louisiana, and grew up in Los Angeles. He left Los Angles after refusing to fight in Vietnam because he felt that, like the Vietnamese, Africans in the United States were colonial subjects.