Using his experiences running a tree farm in Georgia with his wife, artist Rose Lane, and as a musician, touring with acts like the Rolling Stones and Eric Clapton, Leavell has assembled a book with Craig that presents the many challenges we face, as well as solutions.

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In 1968, he met and became friends with the blues-rock guitarist Mike Bloomfield, whose early work with the Paul Butterfield Blues Band blazed the trail for Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page, and other white musicians who took the blues to great commercial heights.

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The artist, from Abingdon, Oxfordshire, has also recorded collaborations with some of the most prominent names in music, including Sir Elton John, Eric Clapton, Peter Gabriel and Prince.

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The two performances were the latest in an annual series of benefit concerts with pop-rock performers to support Jazz at Lincoln Center, which in previous years has featured Eric Clapton, Willie Nelson and Paul Simon.

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