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Music Appreciation

Dyedinthewoolliberal

(15,574 posts) Sat Mar 6, 2021, 11:44 AM Mar 2021

Furry Lewis was born on this date.

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Furry Lewis was born on this date. (Original Post) Dyedinthewoolliberal Mar 2021 OP

I used to live in Memphis in the late 1960s. HUAJIAO Mar 2021 #1

HUAJIAO

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1. I used to live in Memphis in the late 1960s.

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Sat Mar 6, 2021, 11:58 AM

Mar 2021

I forget how I originally connected with Furry.. I was active in the classical, and somewhat in the blues and jazz scenes in Memphis.

A couple times Furry came to our home for very small parties-get togethers, really. He would come in his pick up truck with, as I remember, his wife, or girl friend?? (I forget) He was always willing to play for beer but,, we insisted on paying him..

He had been a street cleaner downtown....

What a dear man.....

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