RIP - Clinton "Deacon" Fuller, Florida Bluesman

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Blues musician 'Deacon' Fuller let audience set the mood
By Andrew Meacham, Times Staff Writer In Print: Friday, February 12, 2010

ST. PETERSBURG — "Another area blues legend has left the stage. Clinton "Deacon" Fuller, who rocked the Tampa Bay area playing an up-tempo style reminiscent of his Louisiana roots, died Feb. 3. He was 56 and had congestive heart failure.

His Deacon Fuller Band twice won recognition in the early 1990s from Creative Loafing as the area's best blues band. Mr. Fuller also played at music festivals all over the southeastern United States and in Europe, and opened for performers like the late Diamond Teeth Mary."

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