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packing in my sun-filled cabin when I Her voice was gritty, sexy and soulful, a
smashed my foot into the wheel of my suit‐ cross between Bonnie Raitt and Maria Mul‐
case. Ouch. Not an auspicious beginning. daur. Her band was killing it, and half the
My toe throbbed, but the first band was audience was dancing in front of the stage.
about to start, so I limped to the pool deck My toe hurt too much to even stand, but I
where blues artist Vanessa Collier was tapped my good foot and boogied in my
playing sax, then belting out: seat. Collier introduced her guitarist, Laura
Oh sweatin’’ like a pig, singin’; like an Chavez, the first woman ever to win the
angel Blues Foundation best guitarist award. The
Yes, you’re sweatin’ like a pig and sin‐ crowd went wild, and the music made me
gin; like an angel forget my throbbing toe. I was in a happy
If the funk is smelling funky, you can be trance and screamed my approval along
sure it’ll sound real sweet. with the audience.
