Wednesday, December 12, 2007

Who's your daddy?....

Ike Turner gets the ultimate bitchslap at 76

Under appreciated as one of the most important musicians to shape early rock 'n roll and vilified for his marital fisticuffs with wife Tina Turner, Ike Turner has died at age 76. Saw him give a fabulous performance in the Blues Tent at the 2005 New Orleans JazzFest, but worried about the wellbeing of his TT stand-in, who screwed up momentarily during one number. When an ambulance passed us as we exited the fairgrounds that day, we wondered if Ike had noted the miscue to her as only he could. - article - All Music Guide - Newsweek

Email response from Johnny Gumbo in the Great Northwest: From "natural" causes, I presume. Did you read where he was married 14 times? No wonder they kept asking "who's your daddy"!

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