I have four Lucky Peterson albums in my collection — Lucky Strikes, Beyond Cool, Lifetime, and Long Nights. I put the latter on this past Sunday while preparing dinner. By the time we got to Six O’clock Blues followed by Erline (fabulous slide guitar), I thought, “It’s been too long since I’ve put this music on.” Checked the internet for a Lucky tour schedule. I gasped and read nearly two-year-old bad news.
Judge Kenneth Peterson died May 27th, 2020 at his home in Dallas, Texas from a massive brain hemorrhage. Lucky was 55 years old, three years younger than I.
I felt badly that I had not noticed his NY Times obituary, but my mother passed away in April, 2020 and my father went five months later. With Covid and all, it was a difficult time.