Jimmy Smith was one of my idols as a teenager. His bluesy, jazzy, down and dirty organ playing is just classic. He invented a new language, and tons of folks are still imitating him 40 years later.
My band played Chicken Shack at a local blues club in Miami (Tobacco Road) a couple weeks ago. It seems like he's always in the back of my mind.
You're the greatest, Jimmy.
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