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This past summer, during the height of the shut-down, this writer witnessed a virtual live performance by Johnny Rawls and guitarist Christopher Dean. So it’s not surprising to see the veteran blues/soul man Rawls appear on
Songs from French Street by Christopher Dean, but I didn’t know that the Dean-Snyder relationship is not new: this is the fourth album for Dean on “Chicago” Carl Snyder’s Lost World Music label. “Chicago” Carl Snyder has been playing for six decades, half of which were in the Windy City as the keyboardist for Junior Wells, Son Seals, Jimmy Johnson and Otis Rush. With the blessing of “Chicago” Carl, we know we are getting the real deal stuff with Christopher Dean.