Pianist and former Houstonian David Vest has written a remembrance of his friend and musical companion Jimmy “T-99” Nelson on his blog. . Also, he slapped an MP3 of an unreleased recording of him backing Nelson on his MySpace page.

Click over quick – Vest will be taking the song down soon. – John Nova Lomax

This article appears in Jul 26 – Aug 1, 2007.

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