Not everyone remembers that it was John who (along with two others) found SKip James in Mississippi in 1964 and brought him to NEwport. James may have been the most amazing blues player of all time. . . I met John around that time through Nick Perls, founder of Yazoo records and also the finder of Son House tha same year of 1964. John always seemed to me to be a little bit lost in the world and fought most of his life (at least in those years) with depression and other demons. I saw John only once in recent years (Nick also passed on about 10 years ago), and that was about 5 years ago. I can only hope that recent times found him more content and at peace.
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