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Guitars That Keep Distorting Beyond 50 and Wandering Souls: The Blues' Immortality as Seen in Grace Potter's New Release & Erja Lyytinen's Milestone Live Show Late at night, sipping bourbon from a glass, I drop the needle on a record. As I listen closely to the dusty guitar distortion bleeding from the speakers, a thought suddenly crosses my mind: "Why on earth are we trapped for life in a loop of just three chords and twelve bars?" My doctor threatens me to cut back on salt and booze, and I've reached an age where just climbing the stairs makes my knees moan the blues. Yet no matter how many years tick by, that gritty, down-and-dirty passion of blues rock refuses to leave my system. If anything, the condition seems to worsen with every passing year. So tonight, let’s pair our drinks with some hard-hitting news from around the world and talk about the inescapable karma of the blues. …