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The Flavor of a "Scratched-Up CD" That AI Recommendations Can Never Replicate: Bay Simpson Plays the Forgotten Blues of Summer in His New Video "Summertime Classics" Ice clinks in my glass, and a glance at the clock tells me it's already 2 AM. Hello there, it's Memphis Ray, the guy pounding away at the keyboard fueled by cheap bourbon. Good to have you with me again tonight. Kids these days have it pretty wild. Tap a smartphone screen twice, and AI serves up a track "tailor-made to your exact taste" in a split second. But if you ask this old-timer, all that convenience gives me a bit of heartburn. Blues and roots music were originally meant to be picked up on the side of the road. A beat-up CD rolling around on a truck dashboard, crackling AM radio full of local static, or a record your old man played so much every summer break that the grooves wore thin. It's inside those "serendipitous encounters" and "pesky noises" where the music of a lifetime was supposed to be hiding. …