Blues legend Williams on brief New England tour.(LIVING)

From: Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA) | Date: April 22, 2008 | Copyright information

Byline: Scott McLennan

COLUMN: SCOTT MCLENNAN

In the years that Jody Williams gave up playing guitar, he also avoided going into the blues clubs around his Chicago hometown. Williams feared that someone on stage would recognize him as the guitarist who played on a number of Howlin' Wolf sides and ran with the likes of Bo Diddley, Hubert Sumlin, Otis Spann and Buddy Guy.

It wasn't that Williams was ashamed about his decision to leave the blues. Rath...

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