Was one of the bluesmen from the Essex Delta - Canvey Island. For a couple of decades Lewis, along with Mickey Jupp, Dr Feelgood, and The Pirates, deserved the stadium, but rarely got out of the pub. I saw him play once, on a dream bill with Albert King and George Thoroughgood, at the Electric Ballroom in Campden. That was before his stage knee drops crippled him, and his reaction to penury - the pavement (armed robbery) - exiled him to prison, then the void.
But here he is (sound only) in happier days, playing harp for George Melly and The Stranglers:
Monday, August 27, 2007
Lew Lewis
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2 comments:
Heyyy! I like that a lot. I'd never heard of either one of those guys. Thanks.
My pleasure, SEMML.
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