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The Extravagant Hairpiece has inspired more blues-and-jazz songs than you can stake a Schick at. This collection -- coiffed and curated by bluesmen Wes Race, Michael H. Price, and T. Sumter Bruton, III -- ranges from Saunders King's definitive gimme-back-that-wig composition, "S.K. Blues," to raves and laments and misadventures from the likes of Lightnin' Hopkins, Harry Nilsson, Woody Herman, Harmon "the Mask Man" Bethea, and T-Bone Walker. A solid 700 wigabytes of heady R&B, with all its roots proudly showing...