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Old 08-05-2009, 10:13 AM   #3
Crafty Angler
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Actually, he's getting over throat cancer, but I heard him playing Newport last year and he sounded pretty much the same considering - he always had that raspy sound anyway

Listening to the Band Anthology and Dirt Farmer back to back I don't notice a lot of difference

He was never what you'd call a 'crooner' to begin with...

"There is no royal road to this heavy surf-fishing. With all the appliances for comfort experience can suggest, there is a certain amount of hard work to be done and exposure to be bourne as a part of the price of success." From "Striped Bass," Scribner's Magazine, 1881.
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