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He's the same age as me. Really sucks to lose the musicians of my youth. When I worked in college radio at Mizzou, a guy who was the music critic at the student newspaper The Maneater named Chuck Eddy -Chuck went on to write for Rolling Stone and Creem- came down to the station with this EP of a skinny black guy wearing a leopard spotted speedo with Little Richard Hair. He was adamant that we play him...and PLAY HIM RIGHT NOW.
It (of course) was Prince, before Purple Rain and all his fame.
Chuck knew what he was talking about. I was the same way when I first saw and heard Elvis Costello.
Terrible loss to American Music. It'll be sad to never see him perform again.
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