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At the AV Club: Best Music Of The '00s

September 16, 1997 - September 22, 1997 | Issue 32•07

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Bluesman Announces 12-Bar Delay In Bringing It On Home

Bluesman Announces 12-Bar Delay In Bringing It On Home

CHICAGO—Area bluesman Willie "Skipbone" Johnson announced plans late Saturday to extend his rendition of the Robert Johnson standard "Dust My Broom" by an additional 12 bars before recapitulating the chorus and bringing it on home. "We going to keep this thing going," said the Mississippi-born Johnson, 63, officially announcing the delay to an estimated crowd of 250...

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