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Eddie Kirkland - RIP


El guitarrista y cantante de blues Eddie Kirkland murió el 27 se febrero en Crystal River, florida, a causa de un accidente de tráfico. Tenía 87 años.

Al parecer, Kirkland intentó hacer un giro para cambiar de sentido, mientras circulaba por la US Highway 98, cuando su Ford Taurus fue embestido por un autobús que lo arrastró durante unos 200 metros. Kirkland murió en el Hospital General de Tampa. Se encontraba en Florida para dar un concierto.

Conocido como el “Gitano del blues”, Kirkland, aunque nacido en Jamaica, pasó su infancia en Alabama. En los sesenta, tras conocer a John Lee Hooker en una fiesta, lo acompañó con su guitarra, además de ejercer de road manager durante siete años. También trabajó para Otis Redding, Ruth Brown, Little Richard y Little Johnnie Taylor, entre otros.

En solitario publicó varios álbumes. El primero, “It’s the Blues Man!”, apareció en 1962. Al que siguieron, a principios de los setenta, “Front and Center” y “The Devil and Other Blues Demons”. Durante unos doce años estuvo retirado. Regresó en 1983 con “Have Mercy”. Su último trabajo, “Democrat Blues”, fue editado en 2004.

The 88-year-old blues legend known as the "Gypsy of the Blues" was killed in Florida when his car turned into the path of a Greyhound bus.

Eddie Kirkland was traveling southeast on U.S. Highway 98 in Crystal River, north of Tampa, Fla., about 8:30 a.m. Sunday, when he tried to make a U-turn in front of the bus, the Florida Highway Patrol said. The bus, which was traveling northwest, pushed Kirkland's Ford Taurus about 200 yards before the vehicles stopped. Kirkland was flown to Tampa General Hospital, where he later died.

Thirteen passengers were on the bus, which was being driven by 67-year-old James Smith of Tallahassee, Fla., the Highway Patrol said. No one on the bus was injured.The Highway Patrol continued to investigate the accident Monday.

According to his website, Kirkland, who lived in Macon, Ga., performed Saturday night at the Dunedin Brewery, the final stop in a four-city swing through Florida in February. His tour was to pick up April 8 in Pensacola.

Born in Jamaica and raised in Alabama, Kirkland eventually moved to Indiana before he settled in Detroit. He polished his blues sound and toured for 7 1/2 years with John Lee Hooker. He moved to Georgia, became a bandleader for Otis Redding and performed with a variety of artists, including Little Richard, Ben King, Ruth Brown and Little Johnnie Taylor.
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