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The Soul of John Black makes old-school sound new

Jan 16, 2009, 6:11pm Buzz Bands
The Soul of John Black makes old-school sound new It's hard to come up with a much better story than John Bigham's resumé, but the veteran multi-instrumentalist - on his third album as the Soul of John Black - has conjured up a sensational narrative: It's the tale of a pawn-shop Stella guitar with special powers, the unknown Chicago bluesman who wielded it and the musician's tragic death in an alley at the hands of a mugger. From beyond the grave, the bluesman's songs are channeled through Black John, Bigham's alter ego. Sounds like good stuff, right? It's based on the 1976 blaxpoitation film "J.D.'s [...]
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