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A Fiery 50th Birthday Slide Celebration! Finland’s Crown Jewel Erja Lyytinen and the Soul-Stirring Songs of Chris Pierce Late at night, I pour some cheap bourbon into a glass and listen to the clink of the ice. I definitely reach for stomach medicine more often these days, but that electric jolt down my spine from a single guitar bend hasn't changed a bit since my twenties. The world might be making a fuss over digital tech and AI, but inside the soul-scorching realm of 12-bar blues, raw human warmth is always alive and kicking. Tonight, what delivered a sharp wake-up call to this aging writer's ears was some blistering hot news out of the Nordics, alongside the rich, flavorful resonance of American soul. --- …