A very sexy voice comes on the phone warning me time is short. Somehow, you get the feeling clothes are all over the floor on the other end of the line.
But this is the enigma of Ike Turner, headlining Edmonton's Labatt Blues Festival on Sunday with his eight-piece band, the best booking score of the summer. He's the man who, as a promoter, discovered B.B. King, Howlin' Wolf and, thanks to his uncredited work on 1951's Rocket 88, rock and roll itself.
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