He is the Red Lake Ojibwe who created the Hamm’s beer bear. That bear is still for sale! I was surprised to lean that during WWII he entered government service and taught an art workshop at a Japanese Relocation Camp. Their plight reminded him of what had … Friends say the last song he ever sang was “Blue Eyes Crying in the rain”, Aug. 16, 1977. He accompanied himself on the piano. Four days before his death “Way Down” hit #1. “Unchained Melody” was a live recording. …
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Seven Decades: MOODY BLUES
