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Wes Montgomery: Interview '68

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Marc Myers
Sep 27, 2016
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was a TV show that aired briefly in 1967 and '68 in Detroit and was hosted by Jim Rockwell, a local jazz radio disc jockey on WABX-FM. In early 1968, shortly before Wes Montgomery's death in June from a fatal heart attack, the guitarist appeared on Rockwell's TV show for a relaxed and revealing interview and to play two songs with his bro…

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