Founded by Lamont and Denise Pearley, the Jack Dappa Blues Heritage Preservation Foundation (JDBHPF) is a nonprofit organization based in Bowling Green, Kentucky. It was established in 2011, officially becoming a 501(c)3 in 2016 to create public programs that raise cultural and ethnic awareness of Black traditional music, traditional art, folklore, oral histories, and the experiences of Black people in the United States. Working to be a resource of Black American repositories, collections, archives and cultural documentations, we stand on the foundation of the Blues People’s legacy, working to celebrate, preserve, and conserve Blues music and culture while highlighting the many events in American history that have cultivated our communities and musical expressions.
Ethnomusicologist & Blues Practitioner
