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Portland Blues legend Norman Sylvester (right) belts out a tune calling for “Healing the
healthcare blues” with his bass player Rob Shoemaker during a Feb. 4 Healthcare for All
Oregon rally at the Capitol Building in Salem.
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Itis year tw o fo rth e Inner C ity ’s B lues F estiv al’s “H ealing
the H ealthcare B lu es” and there is still plenty to sing about.
O n S aturday, A pril 13, the M elody B allroom , 615 S.E. A ld er
St., w ill again serve as host for the b en efit concert, raising
m oney to h elp pay for the m edical ex p en ses o f local m usi-
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Voices for universal
coverage to sing the blues
cians in n eed and p ro m o tin g a cam paign for universal
healthcare.
‘ ‘I don ’ t care what party you ’ re in, D em ocratic or Republican,
H ealing the H ealth C are Blues, It’s the only w ay we can w in,”
local B lues legend N orm an Sylvester belts out in a song he
penned for the grassroots m ovem ent to m ake healthcare a right.
A t a p ro u d 67 years-old, and dressed in his unavoidable
red suit, S ylvester uses the lyrics to m ake a point during a Feb.
4 rally at the S alem C apitol B uilding, an event org an ized by
H ealthcare for A ll O regon.
Sylvester know s the cam paign for single-payer healthcare,
w hich calls for the governm ent to cover healthcare costs for
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