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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Jack's 100th birthday
From: douglas.sharp at gmx.de (Douglas Sharp)
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 2009 13:10:57 +0200

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



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