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R.I.P. Bobby Womack

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Simon Sweetman
Jun 28, 2014
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Bobby Womack has died. He was 70. I was pretty sure he was so close to dead when, roughly a year ago, I saw him stumble and bumble his way through a concert in Sydney, Australia. He had not turned up the night before, two nights reduced to one. And he struggled. Almost immediately. And then thoroughly. It wasn’t pretty to watch. It was sad.

But I’ll chos…

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