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Jimmy Smith

"I played with Eddie Taylor's son, Tim Taylor and Carey Bells son Lurie Bell."

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"I played with Eddie Taylor's son, Tim Taylor and Carey Bells son Lurie Bell."

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"I just hope it grows into where it was before because I want my son to see it. I want him to have a positive memory of it going forward, so he can be proud of his daddy."

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"One night I went over to get some dope from some Hollywood tough guy. After I left, my son Scott, who was only fifteen, went over with a baseball bat to kill him. I was laughing out of one eye and crying out of the other. I thought, Who am I kidding?"

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