Floyd Dixon's Landmark last Recording!
On July 26, 2006, a mere eight weeks
after the events described below, Floyd Dixon passed away in Orange, California
from cancer. Floyd’s life was one of celebration and love. He expressed that love
through his music and that music will continue to inspire and delight audiences
around the world for eternity.
If the blues has been experiencing a renaissance
recently it’s because the “old masters”, the founding fathers of the genre, have
been getting their due not only from the contemporary crop of blues practitioners,
but by the public at large. Whether Martin Scorcese is documenting its tradition
or the White House is designating its own “Year Of The Blues”, everyone seems to
be talking about, and listening to, this vital form of purely American music.
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