title: Blind Owl Blues: The Mysterious Life and Death of Blues Legend Alan Wilson
author:  Rebecca Davis 
description: Rebecca Davis is an author, historian, and consultant. She lives in the American West where she creates hand crafted art products and gourmet caffeinated beverages.
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  Clifford’s Blues
  
  
  John A. Williams
  
  
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  Aguacero
  
  
  beautiful musician
  
  
  unclothed at the foot of a tree
  
  
  amidst the lost harmonies
  
  
  close to our defeated memories
  
  
  amidst our hands of defeat
  
  
  and a people of alien strength
  
  
  we let our eyes hang low
  
  
  and untying
  
  
  the tether of a natal anguish
  
  
  we sobbed
  
  
  —Aimé Cesairé, “Blues of the Rain”
  
  
  trans. Clayton Eshleman and Annette Smith
  
  
  _Hey Jayson_ ,
  
  
  _September 21, 1986_
  
  
  _It’s me, Gerald Sanderson—Bounce—and this stuff is for you. Justine and I are
  practically just off the plane with it. We were in Europe this summer p