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Anytime a person can play the blues, he has a soul and he has a 'lift' to play anything else he wants to play. It's sort of like the foundation to a building.

Jimmy Rushing

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Jimmy Rushing
Age: 70 †
Born: 1901
Born: August 26
Died: 1972
Died: June 8
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