Joe Cocker retrospectively

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Remembering an English bluesman

• It is almost five years since John Robert Cocker OBE 1944-2014, better known as Joe Cocker  [Wikipedia], died in Crawford, Colorado. His last tour was in 2013, preserved on the 'Fire It Up' DVD and an eponymous album [Spotify]. A 2017 documentary, 'Joe Cocker Mad Dog with Soul' [Men's Journal review], summarized his turbulent life and career. None of this explains why, as I was riding along this morning, in my mind's ear I could hear snippets of Cocker's best known tracks wafting towards me on a breeze across the Rocky Mountains.

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