In
1980, Living Blues magazine
founder Jim O'Neal approached left-handed guitarist Eddy Clearwater
about making an album for his new label, Rooster Blues.
That's when everyone started calling Eddy "The Chief," he said in a recent phone interview, "because I wanted to wear my headdress and ride a horse for the artwork, for the cover." The headdress has since become a signature piece in Clearwater's stage shows.
