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Blogarrhea: '60s Soul, Jail House Honky Tonk, Bar Room Blues and One Guy Who Doesn't Know He's (Artistically) Dead

I've been waiting for Melissa Etheridge to do this kind of album. 'Memphis Rock and Soul' (Stax/Concord) rocks with the same kind of staccato horns, fatback bass and organ spills that Otis Redding, Sam & Dave, Rufus Thomas and Booker T used to use back in the day. She has the perfect voice to sing their songs. Her tribute to 1960s Memphis R'n'B has her seething with the kind of pent-up grit like never before. ....

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Tomcat Courtney, San Diego's 'godfather of the blues,' dies at 91


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As a young man, Tomcat Courtney learned the blues from musicians traveling through the hardscrabble Texas plains of the 1930s.
He brought those blues with him to San Diego in 1971, where he endeared himself to generations with his version of raw Texas blues with a dose of Chicago flavoring.
His authenticity rang true, and he shared his music not just with audiences several times a week, but with youthful musicians who were looking for realism in their own sound. Locally, the Spring Valley resident was often called the “godfather of the blues.”
Tom “Tomcat” Courtney died Monday at Sharp Grossmont Hospital, only days after suffering a stroke on Jan. 6. He was 91, just 12 days shy of turning 92. ....

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