Meeting Charlie

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April 29, 2009

Anonymous The Star Herald Wed Apr 29, 2009, 09:53 AM CDT

I waited patiently to meet Charlie Musselwhite at the reception following the Blues Marker dedication on Friday and I was not disappointed.

The Blues icon was warm and welcoming and extremely flattered by all the well-wishers and other local folks who want to spend a few minutes with him.

In the brief time that he spoke with me, I found out that he was a good friend to Blues singer Muddy Water (a Rolling Forkian like myself).

And that he is not only a singer of the Blues and a fine harmonica player, but an actor to boot.

Charlie has about a dozen or so lines in the film “Pig Hunt.”

It’s a horror flick with a few laughs and he plays a store owner named Charlie.

The movie centers around the legend of The Ripper – a murderous three-thousand-pound black boar. You can find a trailer on www.youtube.com and even see a bit of Charlie.

Leslie N. Dees is the news editor of The Star-Herald. Email her at editor@starherald.net or follow her on Twitter at www.twitter.com/lndees

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