Walking a Harlem block with Dr. Lonnie Smith was always—like his stage show—a predictably unpredictable cadenza of zigs and zags, a herky-jerky check-in with the pulse of the people. Particularly if the master musician had just gobbled down his customary spread of two scrambled eggs, American cheese, turkey bacon, grits, pancakes, and grape jelly, the … Continue reading Dr. Lonnie Smith Wove the Funk for Seven Decades