I do not believe this is a second stroke. The AP piece referred to it as something that had happened. This is in all probability the same stroke to which Dr. John and Art Thieme are referring.
I suspected the stroke might be old news, but wanted to take no chance that Mr. Lomax's condition would go unnoticed at Mudcat, considering all that he has contributed to folk music.
I've cussed him the way my motherinlaw cusses Michael "he gets too much credit" Jordan. And the comparison is apt: among collectors Lomax is the Jordan, the greatest of the greats.
Mr. Lomax should feel comfortable about his legacy without any reassurance from the likes of me. Still, experience tells me he'd be comforted to know that folk fans of today know that he delivered as much of the goods as anybody.
If the inept phrasing of my initial posting were to be cause of a rumor I would be quite distressed. -- Pinetop Slim