One of the great American blues guitarists, Furry Lewis gained fame in the 1920s
and dropped out of the music business for more than three decades but lived long
enough to be celebrated in the blues revival led by British rock bands in the
1960s. Known for his agile acoustic bottleneck-guitar style, story-telling
lyrics and winning personality, he opened for The Rolling Stones when their
'Tour of the Americas' hit Memphis in 1975 because Keith Richards was such a big
fan. He toured with Leon Russell and The Alabama State Troupers, influenced many
other rockers and left a canon of...