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  • MS: Bluesman 'Little' Milton in coma after stroke (Update, he passed away)

    08/03/2005 7:41:10 PM PDT · by NormsRevenge · 19 replies · 540+ views
    Reuters on Yahoo ^ | 8/3/05 | Reuters
    CHICAGO (Reuters) - Blues musician "Little" Milton Campbell, whose gritty vocals and songwriting recalls B.B. King's rough-edged style, was in a coma after suffering a stroke, a friend said on Wednesday. The 71-year-old Grammy-nominated guitarist and singer known for writing and recording the blues anthem "The Blues Is Alright" suffered a stroke July 27 and lapsed into a coma at a Memphis, Tennessee, hospital, friend Larry Chambers said in a telephone interview. Born to sharecropping farmers near the Mississippi Delta town of Inverness -- his father, "Big" Milton Campbell, was a local blues musician -- "Little" Milton picked up a...