The Blues & Billie Armstrong 20
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Previously in The Blues & Billie Armstrong…
I blurted out loud, “You know, when someone dies you can lose things you never even had.” I didn’t even open my eyes to check, but I knew Billie had heard me because she turned up the music until I felt the bass notes rise up from the floor and shiver in my chest.
We stayed in the room all day listening to the records again and again.
Big Mama, Little Walter, Memphis Minnie, Muddy Waters, T-Bone Walker, Howlin’ Wolf and more. We listened to them all, then flipped them over and listened to the B sides as well. We never got dressed, never turned on the TV, forgot to eat.