The shortcuts "whole lotta lovin " I was thinking of is a completely different track. Keb used to play off an acetate that was doing to rounds in the mid 80's.
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I remember 30 years ago people travelling 100's of miles to hear R Searling, though not say, Levine or Soul Sam. Maybe as the years have increased, the distance has diminished?
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Does anyone travel to hear 'new stuff'? I would have thought that was an option long ago, indeed decades ago, unless you're talking about genres such as R&B etc.