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Pete helps North Carolina musician's aid



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Foundation Remembers Blues Musicians

PINNACLE, N.C. (AP) -- Far from Memphis and New Orleans, in sight of Pilot
Mountain in the hills of rural Stokes County, sits a tiny white farmhouse
that's a refuge for those forgotten by the blues.

Down-on-their-luck musicians can turn to the Music Maker Relief Foundation
for help getting food, heat for their homes and, sometimes, a break to get
back in the business.

Since they started the foundation five years ago, Tim and Denise Duffy have
given out about $800,000 to help older, struggling musicians.

''He kept the dream alive,'' said blues artist John ''Cool John'' Ferguson,
who credits Tim Duffy with helping him get back on his feet and work on a
new CD. ''He's looking out for the people who have been shortchanged.''

The atmosphere at the foundation's five-room farmhouse is like a hip welfare
agency, fund-raising campaign and jam session wrapped together. Walls are
crowded with pictures of artists and a guitar, donated by Pete Townshend for
an online charity auction, sits in a corner.

Donors include Townshend, jazz/blues musician Taj Mahal, Bonnie Raitt and
''Sex and the City'' co-star Kim Cattrall.

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