GET-WELL WISHES FOR BLUES PIANIST ANN RABSON

Hi, All:

Our good friend, Ann Rabson, who is as generous as she is talented, is having some health concerns. If you are a friend to the blues, please drop her an e-mail or card and wish her a fast recovery. You can e-mail her at ann@annrabson.com or write to her at: Ann Rabson, P.O. Box 167, Hartwood,VA 22471.

Ann recorded a wonderful CD for us, called Struttin' My Stuff, and also performed on our Blues Music Award-winning and Grammy-nominated CD, Ladies Man, by Pinetop Perkins.

Ann Rabson has had a stretch of bad luck beginning last fall, when she was diagnosed with breast cancer. In early December, before she was able to have the necessary surgery, she suffered a perforated intestine and spent nearly two months in the hospital. Once home, Ann made a rapid recovery, preparing for lumpectomies and follow-up treatment, and resuming her performance schedule, which included this year's Blues Music Awards show. But her doctors have now discovered a malignant tumor in a kidney. Surgery to remove that kidney, along with the postponed breast cancer surgery, is scheduled for late April, so, to her great disappointment, she won't be back on her feet in time to attend the Blues Music Awards.

Ann has followed her passion of playing the blues since 1962, when she began her professional career in the music business. She is admired and respected as a songwriter, piano player, guitarist and entertainer. Ann is a nine-time Blues Music Award nominee, and this year is nominated for "Pinetop Perkins' Piano Player of the Year".

Thanks.

Mark Carpentieri
M.C. Records
www.mc-records.com
631-754-8725

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