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WAl'lilllAXlCHMNICLE‘Wedneatd-y March l9. 20H - 8 I yam-“#1 ? l l i l 3 z E a y ' I l l ‘ . ] 1i:liit\2*»:-llll.t.lll\(l.\ll.ll. sertrngsome "bead shop" is also dangerous backing out of her sister's driveway. ' 0 Qty "0‘33” 9"" 0593:? WWW m m new is mm . am up a ma (we ac Into e keep Milford is horrible. The long stretch her out she had an 580 parking ticket p to now. I haven't com - es become lakes and the" ”might for hell‘s 0" "“3 film?! during 3 SHOW he man who brought the sound of the Mississippi Delta I I plained this year about the become ice COWWd. and 3!? dan- 8V8!“- l to Waterloo Region, legendary bluesman Mel Brown. snow and ice on sidewalks genius and awful to walk along. 1 went to the bylaw office and died five years ago this week on March 20, 2009, because in the past it didn't help. AS l see all over town: the Side‘ they low me they can't do anything With his wife and musical partner Miss Angel at his side, 1 am going to complain now walks are at the lowest pomt and the With the ticket. They told me that my Brown succumbed to complications from emphysema at the luau“, it is so dangerous out mm- ground around is higher. so the girlfriend should have called a tow age of 59. having left an indelible mm on the local music some all over town. watergets trapped on the sidewalks. truck to get her unstuck â€"- on a forzom it shouldn’t be up to citizens to ‘ l keep hearing how Ill? city is "'3" street that should have already been l was excited to recently hear that the documentary have complain. The city should actively mg to be pedestrian friendly but plowed, and at whose cost? lost & Found: The Story of Mel Brown. produced by Sean las~ do something about the horrible there is nothing to back that up. The only way for me to get any mins and Philip Bast, will he released this gunmen Many meat state of sidewalks In thls city, 36 New thing done With ““3 “Ck“ l5 ‘0 58?“ fans have long-wondered why Brown. a renowned guitarist who l l’R()~active not PR()~lazy. All over WW" there 3"" ll in C011“ l couldn't send the pic- had collaborated with greats like Etta lames and BB. King Anyway. my complaints today snow/ice/waterlmud covered side tures i had taken with a letter stating among others, decided to put down concern tht' north side of lirb Street walks and no action by the City [O my situation. l WDllld have to show roots in [he am Brown attempted to "K West from Weatnmunt to Dietz. par- Clea! them- UP '0 court lOSlns 8 day Of work answer that question in an interview [It'ularly ism, which hasn't been Even the iron llorsi- trail is a And they would probably only onhlswebslte,MelBernBlues.com. show-It'd in years. In?“ reduce the fine. “That‘s the most asked question." ()n the south \ltlt’ oi lzrh west. the 50 l Wild ”‘9 iiric. bl“ ll‘t‘l ”WY muttered Brown “1 can‘t give a reason dentist oilicv at Hi) and Dietz. and Peter "OWN" had me 0"” a barrel. , as to why I like it here, It was like a call‘ 191‘. :09. ‘3] I and many more are "WWW“ ”(awfully "0 one (45“ 8““ “Wk ingofthi: gods. I guess you could say. I also snow covered. 0" 0"“ 0f 01” Clll’ streets during a l don't wanna ea it's the ’all‘fil (‘ll ' in ~" In trout of the new Delta Hotel, it HOW about getting the snow event Or maybe the plows I the world or "(z/mm ,. if; ”'8 sptrltur :'.b' has been ‘1.“ had most of the win» snowplaws out earlier? could get out sooner. within 24 ally r"()[lvau.(j"' 'r‘ lot In fact the whole stretch of the t . lllll‘fillllh“ WOW fall. / ‘ Po i the (iator, a )0 “Hill in tt‘lub . V (Attila! silt-along hrbhasbeenbad. n’Feb'. 1' 3‘ m‘dlllglit, tn\ 4 in Kiit‘lit'rier tit-taintE syririiififnous . Uri King Street North at Young girlfriend got 8.1““ on Randy Schlcfer 3 with Mel Brown as he hosted a blues along King. the building that has the Clifton Road In km hotter ”WWW" ‘ ram every Wednesday night With his . n . . 7* .uc-c.________________._._.__.“,- *"Hâ€"‘r-fi'r'wr 'r‘vâ€"~* “r "" ' ‘ hand the lltlmt'wfl'tTkt'h in the late . g . . ' g l 1980s and early 1990s. It was there that MARSHALL ‘ ‘ ' I um Into a bl some t l local blues tans discovered America's WARD I ’ loss was (anada‘s gain. as Brown set ‘ (lt'(l into a houu- on (Amt-run Street tn downtown Kitchener an.” mu“ “my... Wm." it “my-“fit hut um“- week. after four months of dosing hem-ll ( oily. she ( l It was at lulu‘s nightt‘luli where l first saw Brown perform 1 how I have Ilititpht-d into summits.- t’tunplru-ly opened a second franchise in Waterloo t l thanks to my wife’s aunt. lnge. an avid blues enthusrast who (llllt'll’lll So she‘s had a full year of (Ullll’at'ltlr\. suppliers ‘ took mt- to the Show. and had seen him countless times lriini lot a 1,.“ “”1“ Hum. would he mp ll‘t‘nagl' parents, as well as getttrigotit Ill the ('(lllllllllllllV and . the moment l hoard Brown's heartfelt. reflective songs and ones " tlrow my ( lllllll'l'll ‘ m” to he ”49”“; to as networking at numerous events ‘. ‘ thou- haunting melodies that blend soul. funk. and (Ullllln mm,“ “mid“ daughters" gnu-h ,\ the No now I am Allison‘s dad. and i ( hlilt's.lwahll0()kfll it!“ p i would H.” mm“ ”r ”u. fan". Heather's dad and Marie's dad, lit-tami- In his illustrious yarn-r Brown n1nrtll'(l and performed Wllll ‘ wh“ h t'asr'adm over rm. and falls on to We run into people in the last couple of l . a long list Ill musicians that int lutlvd lohn lee Hooker. Htitltii l them weeks who have asked that question too . L (my \nooky Prvor, \tt-vw Ray Vaughan. ~Sonny and ( .hl'l’. “and You "a”. m my“. the Wild mm the § ‘ It‘s not so bad. ()n a regular basis i get l l Home. Waylon lennings and Willie Nelson “We'd be lll'fl' all rim bad, ”my would he reminded ,f you phone calls asking what l think about j. i if! told you everybody I've played wuh.’ Brown onu- satd want u, bathe in the bright “Kl" which something. it's a nice change from the I ,‘ Indeed. there were many names and plat rs in Browns comes With local celebrity, you might period where they didn't care about any ‘ ! colourful past, raven that ht' played music and [l'l’ltirmfil sun r- have to y". a [m things up, thing I had to say. (this is said Without l ‘ hls t‘hildhood in lot kson, Miss home lifthl‘ Delta Hines Strangely enough the children did malice. and it was admittedly a shorter 1 (Net the stir decades siriit- Brown first leami-il u. play piano not take mm mm well mpg} failed phant- than stifle-red by many other par i, and guitar from his lather. blur-smart and folk poi-t lohn lie-tin T to be properly concerned with their well ems) i' “lltihtia' Brown Mel Brown was still petitioning regularly .l' ”.an Maybe no one (319‘ anymore that l , local Winn-s like ”to Widthtiuu- along wrth lhl' ,iiuiiutl km h a“, n 491“!" a“. an“ have turned they are Brian Wrtirkr's kids l i, "wt Blues lestwal lhrrir' times In the past week I have lhat's (ll lht- only goal was to have t ‘ And his adopted hum-town loved Mel tin-wit m..." “WWW had and “it“: If i am h 4v ‘ them grow up and get on Wflh their own When asked in an tntmww how had like in lw' n ttit'tttlwrwl “hum“ dad' or ”Ms Allison's (13‘1“ NM , 3 the question (anvil him a hit on guard "I m-vt-r thought about tm-r our ll v...“ m "“le [mum BRIAN ll we did that right. eventually I that . that's a good question ’ he satd "ll tin inustt illlllll hmng «in the rad") and writing this BOURKE W'lultl rust hr lhr‘it dad l (In’l bf “Ml ‘ (midi WM" heart and hilt“! “Hi t lusl‘t tri ltr\‘l' then that ”rwgpapnr'g most popular t olumn‘ front that rot) or laid OH or downsized j would he it, Mole need in oili- unw in think Alvin! what low is W, haw. also been involved with dome in the rind ll s thr- only job worth 1 andhrmthrymninsen iliru low inrolile ' studios. softball organizations and I variety of other being WNW ll" 1 b 0n the five year anniwrsais of Browns death month-ss mam,“ and we mount 80 M. gm to know a lot And if you think i m a tug some ~ you're right i local Hut-s turn will attest that Brown inserted love into (Nit ”r W‘W’l" And I‘m fine With it i l "was thrritid't his lnlrnitahir gum" playing and his honest, soul It seems our oldest daughter Allison has taken a “‘ l l fill W5" m P38" from that (me m' not) W mu“? 3 business Brian "0““! a Wmirr "f "w ’05 'HX)’ I" l l Martha” Mn! it on 11”“, «"111thka untrr [mail it or! owner. huyi’ngthe Oxford [taming (enter when IhI‘ mommgrrnr‘ “I" l" WWW)” mall/H I l mm," ”you,” ,mninmm 1 had and" for the but tr: van or on And rust this “martial/'03P" mm l I .c up. . .A. .mm... l' .