Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/07/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Well at least if you believe the date 23rd of July 1909 as being his birthday he would have been 100 tomorrow - there are at least 3 other dates often published, but he used to celebrate on the 23rd of July. Jack lived in Hannover from 1975until his death from cancer here on 21st of January 1992. His was the first New Orleans-style funeral Hannover had ever seen. Jack jamming with Memphis Slim http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/Blues0199scan.jpg.html Joking with the audience: http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/Blues0200scan.jpg.html Not sure who the other guy is - Eddie something or other - chatting between sets. http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/CJD0195scan.jpg.html He could spend hours telling stories at the bar http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/CJD0196scan.jpg.html A great bluesman, a brilliant cook, a very wry sense of humour and very apt to explode and get really mean at times: Cheers Douglas