Friday, July 24, 2009

Blues Tales

From the current issue of Spin:

R. L. Burnside, 1959

INCIDENT: The late Mississippi bluesman shot a local thug in the head and chest, allegedly over a game of craps.

DEFENSE: "I didn't mean to kill nobody. I just meant to shoot the sonofabitch in the head."

SENTENCE: Sprung after six months at the request of a foreman who wanted help with his cotton harvest.

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