Why IS the blues?
Forrest Gunter
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Sun Oct 5 23:24:12 2003
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<P>From the Packy-Wacky-I-Shot-B.B.Guns-With-Elvis-Possibly-Delusional/Apochryphal(But-I-Did-Not-Shoot-the-Deputy) Files: Oyez, oyez, oyez: I saw Professor Longhair, playing piano and singing, unaccompanied, in Biloxi, at an illegal club about the size of a house trailer, in 1956.</P>
<P> P.S.: Remember: If you want to see Elvis, you gotta go through me! </P>
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<DIV></DIV>>after 7 nights and 7 movies the question remains
<DIV></DIV>>what ARE the blues anyway?
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<DIV></DIV>>according to the oldest, wrinkliest and most decrepit
<DIV></DIV>>bluesmen this side of the tomb (and if they dont know
<DIV></DIV>>who does?) its no money and girlfriend problems
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<DIV></DIV>>now you know
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<DIV></DIV>>weirdest and most arresting scene from Clint Eastwood's
<DIV></DIV>>movie last night was Professor Longhair playing the piano
<DIV></DIV>>and keening
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