Buddy Guy, blues great, chats it up with Tattoo alum Joe Killian, ace reporter
Check out Joe's story in the Greensboro News and Record at Buddy Guy: 'The blues is everywhere.
posted by Steve Collins at Friday, October 14, 2005
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That story was edited in a way I don't quite understand. All of the curse words - even the ones that weren't terribly offensive, were taken out. That I get. Still - I wouldn't have lead with the Muddy Waters quote: "Don't let them goddamn blues die on me." if I thought they'd replace the curse word with elipses.
The stranger thing - as I'm sure you can tell from reading it - is that some things that weren't offensive were just taken out or changed for no apparent reason. I was well within my word limit, but it still got chopped a bit. Made it a bit choppy and sort of took some of the voice out of the piece.
But oh well - it was a day's writing for which I was paid, and I got to talk to Buddy Guy. Can't win 'em all.
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