CROSSROADS The movie was blues mythology. That can not compare to this similar but true blues story.
Nov 23rd 1989
An unsuspecting white man receives a piece of bone from an organ donor for a cervical fusion,bone graph operation. Through Cellular Memory,(google it) the personality of the donor transfers to the recipient. Shortly after the operation, Eddie Crowe turns into a blues singer. For no known reason he finds himself in a tattoo parlor getting a tattoo. It's a portrait of the late great blues legend Muddy Waters. Eddie acquires the aka of Milky Waters. Eddie believes that bone came from a black blues singer/songwriter that was on a mission to make his name in the blues. Milky Waters believes his doctor gave him a BLACK CATS BONE.In 2001 Eddie writes a hometown novelty song and sings it over the telephone to a popular dj in his hometown.The dj broadcast the song for a week making it part of his #1 morning radio show on CBS radio..
In 2004 Eddie retires from his steel mill job of almost 30 years and travels to Memphis to test his newly acquired blues skills out, in the city known as the home of the blues. He then travels to Vegas and on to L.A where he records a commercial version of his novelty song. 2010 Eddie is back in Baltimore with a finished product and starts making noise. Eddie currently has 6 of Baltimores top radio dj's in his story and airplay on 2 #1 Baltimore radio shows and a more recent 25 minutes airtime on 98 rock a few weeks ago
That is the gist of the story.
I won't go into much detail here but there is an unsolved homicide of a friend and fellow blues musician in my story. The victim was Walter Rhodes.I played drums in a band with him and he taught me everything i know about blues music. Walter was about to become famous at 50 years of age. With his new electric blues recordings that won him the gig, he had just played the New Orleans Jazz Festival on the Main Stage that stars Irma Thomas The Neville Brothers and Dr. John also played on. I have those recordings that were given to me at his funeral. The music has never been released.Walter was killed 20 years ago. I want to record and sing some of his songs and put them on the soundtrack of the movie. Then everyone who watches the movie will know of the late great Walter Lightninbug Rhodes and his music. He truly deserved to be a BLUES STAR. There is one video of him on you tube on this link. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0KRVU0gwtPA
This video was recorded in Holland where Walter recorded 2 acoustic albums on the Swingmaster label that are still available for purchase on the Swingmaster website.
check it out. A bluesmans profile on a Hard rock station website.
bluessinger1 that's me
http://thejoint.98online.com/service/displayKickPlace.kickAction?u=21133850&as=13306
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