In 1989 or thereabouts, I used to play chess with a friend who barely gave me a challenge, but he always opened a nice bottle of red wine and we listened to his extensive collection of Blues on vinyl and cassette. This song was on a cassette that he gave me, although I parted with all my cassettes a few years ago. Thanks for bringing it back. Albert King, chess, and wine are interconnected in my memories.
He moved on to teach high school in Chicago, while I remained in graduate school. Those moments of chess, music, and wine were brief. During a visit to Chicago, however, he got some of his old grad school chums into Koko Taylor's Blue's Club as "guests of the band" when Blyther Smith was performing.
In 1989 or thereabouts, I used to play chess with a friend who barely gave me a challenge, but he always opened a nice bottle of red wine and we listened to his extensive collection of Blues on vinyl and cassette. This song was on a cassette that he gave me, although I parted with all my cassettes a few years ago. Thanks for bringing it back. Albert King, chess, and wine are interconnected in my memories.
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