Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/07/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]WOW! Champion Jack! You heard one the true "greats" live. You're a lucky man. My sculpture professor's favorite musician. My sister's birthday. ;~) Nice casual photographs as well. Regards, George Lottermoser george at imagist.com http://www.imagist.com http://www.imagist.com/blog http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist On Jul 22, 2009, at 6:10 AM, Douglas Sharp wrote: > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information