For the past three years I've had the joy of spending every Tuesday afternoon with 97-year-old Minneapolis music legend Cornbread Harris, a self-proclaimed "blessed dude."

Together we've uncovered the story of his incredible life and marveled at his reconnection with his son, the Grammy-winning producer Jimmy Jam, after five decades of estrangement. 

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My book Deeper Blues: The Life, Songs, and Salvation of Cornbread Harris details Cornbread's seven decades of making music in the Twin Cities and his final opus: a long-awaited, real-time duet with his son.

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In his afterword for the book, Jimmy Jam writes, "I hope our coming back together after almost half a century apart sets an example of hope and healing, and inspires the world."