This bluesman knows whereof he sings

Artwork Jamal was convinced he'd become a famous entertainer or a music engineer. Then the voices of schizophrenia showed up. Now, 350 pounds and in ill health, he mesmerizes audiences singing about the travails that never seem to end.Things were just beginning to pick up at the House of Blues on Sunset Boulevard when in the private bar upstairs, the big man took the stage. His voice, deep and gravelly, rumbled through the room.

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