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suffering in his music.

THE BEST LIVE BAND I’VE SEEN
I was part of James Brown’s band a few times. One
time he brought some of his former band members
– Maceo Parker on saxophone and Bootsy Collins
on bass – and I was playing guitar. And that was the
hottest band I’d ever physically been a part of.

THE SONG THAT MAKES ME CRY
I’m not a big crier. You should talk to my wife about
that, ha ha. But I find myself getting emotional with
my own music when a song comes from personal
experience. I’ve written a song for my next album – it
doesn’t even have a title yet – which is about my kids
and how blessed I am. That makes me tear up.

THE SONG I WANT PLAYED AT MY FUNERAL
A funeral can be a celebration of life, so I would like MUDDY WATERS: GETTY; KENNY WAYNE SHEPHERD: MARK SELIGER/PRESS
something upbeat, maybe Gonna Have A Funky Good
Time by James Brown, something to lift people’s spirits.
“Muddy Waters had such character in It goes: ‘We gonna take it higher!’ It’s like the ascension to
the next life, so it would be really appropriate.

his vocal delivery.” The Traveler is out now via Provogue.

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