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Old 03-16-2011, 10:36 PM
duffyguitarman duffyguitarman is offline
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RIP Melvin Sparks.
Geeze, a lot of these lately. He was a funky dude........
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Old 03-16-2011, 11:06 PM
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Man, what a funk jazz legend. He was everywhere for quite some time. I'll bet he was a blast to hang with and jam with. RIP
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Old 03-17-2011, 07:30 AM
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RIP Melvin ! You''l be missed...

His trio played my little "venue" back in 2005 and he was hands down AWESOME!!

Dr. John & his band played across the street that night and after their gig , they came over to hang at Melvin's gig... we all hung out & enjoyed the set together.
Great Memories, GREAT guitarist, GREAT HUMAN !!!!
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Old 03-22-2011, 08:10 AM
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So sorry to hear this news. I worked w/ Melvin a little and he was cool as a cucumber and a very sweet guy.

R.I.P buddy...

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Old 03-22-2011, 08:22 AM
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I remember seeing him a couple times at the 880 in Hartford. Easy guy with which to hang and have a couple of drinks.
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Old 03-22-2011, 08:42 AM
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Got to see him once at a local brewpub here.....guy could rip....
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Old 03-22-2011, 09:02 AM
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got a chance to see him down at the jewish mother in va beach... the breakfast opened and tim palmieri sat in for most of melvin's set. so much fun!! unfortunately no tapes have ever surfaced of that night, which isn't surprising, since there weren't but maybe 20 folks there....

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