Eddie Kirkland obituary

A blues musician with raw energy who was always on the roadJournalists called him "the gypsy of the blues" and his website titled him "road warrior", testimony to the fact that the blues singer and guitarist Eddie Kirkland, who has died aged 87, doggedly took his music wherever he could find an audience. His friend Pete Lowry, who recorded Kirkland for his Trix label in the 1970s, said that Kirkland was "still trying to conquer the world one saloon or pub at a time. This will be the first time i...

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