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Passed today at age 88. _____________________________________________________ Sliced bread, the greatest thing since the 1911. | ||
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Loved him in Blues Brothers. Especially the diner scene with Aretha Franklin. _____________ | |||
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The Blues Brothers is my father's favorite movie, and as such my sister, brother, and I were regularly exposed to it growing up (which none of us minded because we all loved this movie too). For the longest time, I thought Matt "Guitar" Murphy was Carl Weathers. 88 is a good run. RIP. ~Alan Acta Non Verba NRA Life Member (Patron) God, Family, Guns, Country Men will fight and die to protect women... because women protect everything else. ~Andrew Klavan | |||
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He used to tour here all the time. At least once a month he'd be in Atlanta.  He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. | |||
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The great ones are leaving us and sadly, I see no replacements in the wings. RIP and thanks for the music. RMD TL Davis: “The Second Amendment is special, not because it protects guns, but because its violation signals a government with the intention to oppress its people…” Remember: After the first one, the rest are free. | |||
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Damn Sensitive and caring since August 2009 Some people are like a Slinky....not really good for anything, but you still can't help but smile when you shove them down the stairs. | |||
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Matt “Guitar” Murphy, blues sideman who played with the Blues Brothers and legends like Muddy Waters and Howlin’ Wolf, died Friday, June 15, 2018, according to multiple news sources. He was 88. “He was a strong man that lived a long long fruitfull life that poured his heart out in every guitar solo he took,” his nephew, Floyd Murphy Jr., wrote on Facebook. Murphy is fondly remembered for playing Aretha Franklin’s soul food-cooking husband, and target of her memorable performance of “Think” in “The Blues Brothers” movie. Get weekly celebrity death news delivered to your inbox. He began playing with John Belushi and Dan Ackroyd after they caught him performing in a New York City club in 1978. By that time, he was already a veteran bluesman, having come up through the Chicago blues scene during the 1950s. He joined the Blues Brothers all-star band and appeared in their 1980 film as well as its 1998 sequel, “Blues Brothers 2000.” Other musicians he worked with included Ike Turner, Etta James, James Cotton, Willie Dixon, and Sonny Boy Williamson. Murphy was born December 29, 1929 in Sunflower, Miss., and raised in Memphis, Tenn. He moved to Chicago in 1948 and joined Howlin’ Wolf’s band. He suffered a stroke in 2002 that forced him into semi-retirement, though he still performed publicly on rare occasions. shotgun blues https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NqA6OxcnzEs Safety, Situational Awareness and proficiency. Neck Ties, Hats and ammo brass, Never ,ever touch'em w/o asking first | |||
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He's gone to the place where his ax will always be in-tune and never a broken string. RIP sir. ----------------------------------- Proverbs 27:17 - As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another. | |||
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"We're puttin' the band back together". | |||
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Blues Brothers was one of those special movies that can never be duplicated. He, indeed, had a great life. May we all make 88! ___________________ "He who is without oil, shall throw the first rod" Compressions 9.5:1 | |||
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wait a while they noodnks in hollywierd will offer up an all girl B.B. 3 Safety, Situational Awareness and proficiency. Neck Ties, Hats and ammo brass, Never ,ever touch'em w/o asking first | |||
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