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The artist may absorb been a session musician rather than a hobo, but only a harsh critic would deny that he has the blues There is an elephant in this very large room and Seasick Steve has decided to address it. It’s a question of authenticity and, or not to set too fine a point on it,whether his post-fame image has been substantially built on a big lie.
It’s 10 years since the man then saying he was born Steve Wold first lurched into view on Jools Holland’s Hootenanny, bashing wildly at a three-string guitar and spinning yarns of a life spent busking, and sleeping rough and jumping freight trains through the Mississippi delta. It made him the final poster boy for blues authenticity: the hobo turned musical hero. Related: How Seasick Steve turned out to be Session Man Steve Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com