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South Park Mexican carves out his place in history with the 2001 Music Awards

A A A Comments By Greg Barr and Mike Emery and Aaron Howard and Craig D. Lindsey and John Nova Lomax and Paul J. MacArthur and Bob Ruggiero and Chris Smith Thursday, Jul 26 2001
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Pete Mayes
Blind Lemon Jefferson was the father of Texas blues, and T-Bone Walker was the son. (Fitting that they first met on the banks of the Trinity River.) The Holy Spirit of the music resounds in the guitars of everyone who has come after, especially that of Pete Mayes. If all of this sounds a little too metaphysical, consider this: In the past five years, Mayes, who suffers from diabetes, has undergone the amputations of both legs andopen-heart surgery, and has battled lesions on the fingers of his fretting hand. For a time, it looked like his live music days were through. But not for this tough son of a gun from Double Bayou. Mayes has fought back and this very week returns to the stage at Paesanos downtown. -- J.N.L.

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