One of this country's musical treasures passed away Tuesday.
Snooks Eaglin was a pioneering guitar player, a mainstay of the New Orleans R&B scene and a master of funk. He died on his mother's birthday after a battle with prostate cancer. He was 72.
My favorite Snooks story? Snooks was blind and one night, after a gig, the other band members were so tanked that they decided it was safest for Snooks to drive them home. He made it.
Read the New Orleans Times-Picayune obit here.
And here's the man himself:
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