J. Monque'D
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J. Monque'd comes from the school of musicians who say if you are going to play the blues, you have got to live the blues. This blues man has certainly done that; they ought to make a movie of his life. It's a story of poverty and privation, hardships, and hard knocks. Death. Alcoholism. Abuse. Vietnam. Divorce. Drugs. If it just stopped right there, it would be just another sad story. But because J. Monque'd has prevailed, liked some old cussed snake in a song, it's the story of the blues.
Born into a less-than-functional family of mixed heritage of Native-American, Cajun, African-American, and Anglo descent, J. Monque'd went to live with his grandparents in Pointe a la Hache, deep in the Acadiana country of Louisiana. It was there that his grandmother gave him his first harmonica when he was four, and taught him a traditional song that was perhaps prophetic: "Trouble in Mind." The song says, "If trouble don't kill me, I'll live a long time."
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Born into a less-than-functional family of mixed heritage of Native-American, Cajun, African-American, and Anglo descent, J. Monque'd went to live with his grandparents in Pointe a la Hache, deep in the Acadiana country of Louisiana. It was there that his grandmother gave him his first harmonica when he was four, and taught him a traditional song that was perhaps prophetic: "Trouble in Mind." The song says, "If trouble don't kill me, I'll live a long time."
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