Jerry McCain

Singer and harmonica-player who gave a fresh rinse to the bluesDespite its connotations of misery and bad luck, the blues is no less flexible a medium for humour, satire and topical commentary. Few artists in recent times have demonstrated this more vivaciously than the singer and harmonica-player Jerry McCain, who has died aged 81. The dozens of songs he wrote in a career spanning six decades embraced the wry social observation of That's What They Want, My Next Door Neighbour and Viagra Man, me...

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