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The blues can be a slogan, too

The blues can be a slogan, too

1.29.07
Jim White photo
A shirt with a feeling for the blues.
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If you've been paying attention, you'll rememeber that a few posts ago, I talked a little bit about defining the blues.

Then I ran across this photo that I had taken, and thought that this could be a pretty good definition too.

It's the motto of the Columbus (Ohio) Blues Alliance, and I shot this picture of a fan at the Chicago Blues Festival.

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B.B. King out of the hospital

This happened over the weekend, probably about the time I was sitting by I-81 outside of Winchester, Va., waiting for a tow truck, but that's another story, and probably a blues song.

Anyway, here's the AP report on King:

B.B. King was discharged from a Galveston hospital Saturday following treatment for a fever and was "back to his old self," a spokeswoman for his management agency said.

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The 81-year-old, Grammy-winning bluesman was "feeling fabulous," said Tina France, vice president of Lieberman Management of New York.

King had been scheduled to perform Thursday at the Grand Opera House, but was admitted to The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, said Paul McCarthy, a hospital administrator.

King still plans to perform Tuesday in Fort Worth, France said. Concerts that had been scheduled before then in Galveston, Orange and Tyler will be rescheduled for June, she said.

First Published: January 29, 2007, 5:00 a.m.

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