Amigas y Amigos
Murray has moved on to that great artists studio in the ether. I first learned of his love of art when I asked when this affection with brush and canvas began. Murray said, it was the smell of the great art books in the Grimsby Library.
I'd never experienced the blues truly until I was fortunate to hear Murray, who I didn't know at the time, playing the infamous Vox guitar ("with the high action") on the back of a flatbed In a field atop the Grimsby Escarpment.
Visiting Senor Bowman last June at Linhaven after too long a hiatus, I was overcome by a couple of things. #1, though Murray's speech was challenged, his eyes and his heart tied the few decipherable words together, yeah, he was there alright. The other important item, was written in an article on the wall in his room. To paraphrase, " I got more out of working with disabled children than all the music and painting. " Rose and I will ever be thankful for the great meeting of the Murrays, my late father who brought Mr. B. to our wedding and immediately became friends. When he sang "Summertime" it was like it never sung before. I hope everyone who knew him will keep a piece of his kind, dynamic spirit to take you through the tough times. If you listen carefully to the wind you may hear Murray response to Junior Wells' call " Snatch it back and hold it...."
