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THIS is the blues, okay?
Howlin’ Wolf:
from 1966, here’s How Many More Years?
Smokestack Lightnin’ :
At the end of his career, with failing kidneys, singing “Evil”:
music: blues Bobby Blue Bland genius
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Bobby Blue Bland Just Slaaaaaaays Me, Every Time.
Live in Chicago, 1977
The 80-year-old blues singer was honored by the Mississippi Senate yesterday:
Lawmakers honored Blues legend Bobby “Blue” Bland at the Capitol today.
The state Senate watched a video with Bland’s music, highlighting his achievements. Bland, 80, was inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame in 1981 and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1992 and received the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1997.
“I’m so happy to be here today,” Bland said.
Sen. David Jordan, D-Greenwood, said a Senate resolution honoring Bland is an “everlasting award to a great American.”
“We have with us an icon,” Jordan said.
Sen. John Horhn, D-Jackson, said: “If BB King is the king of the blues then Bobby Blue is the crowned prince.”