{"id":4908,"date":"2014-01-01T22:21:10","date_gmt":"2014-01-01T22:21:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jazzusa.com\/live-will-downing-interview-112007\/"},"modified":"2018-10-26T09:20:30","modified_gmt":"2018-10-26T16:20:30","slug":"live-will-downing-interview-112007","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jazzusa.com\/?p=4908","title":{"rendered":"Live &#8211; Will Downing Interview &#8211; 11\/2007"},"content":{"rendered":"<br \/>\n<table cellpadding=\"1\" style=\"border:none\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\" background=\"..\/storypix\/backwilld.gif\">\n<tr>\n<td rowspan=\"4\">  <font size=\"3\" color=\"Blue\" face=\"Verdana\" style=\"font-face:verdana; font-size:18px\"><strong>Will Downing<\/strong><\/font>   &#8211; <font size=\"2\" color=\"Blue\" face=\"Verdana\" style=\"font-face:verdana; font-size:14px\"><strong>Back In The Groove<\/strong><\/font>  <br \/><font size=\"2\" style=\"font-face:verdana; font-size:13px\" face=\"Verdana, Helvetica\">Most people know that for nearly two decades Will Downing has been laying down an ultra smooth sound, first as a backup singer (for almost everyone in the business) then later as a solo artist. What they <em>don&#8217;t<\/em> know is that in January 2007 the smooth crooner came down with <em>Polymyositis<\/em>, a debilitating disease that <\/p>\n<table align=\"right\" bgcolor=\"&lt;CFOUTPUT&gt;#btmcell#&lt;\/CFOUTPUT&gt;\">\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\"><font style=\"font-size:12px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/jazzusa.com\/stories\/..\/storypix\/WillDowning-portrait.jpg\" width=\"180\" height=\"136\" border=\"1\" \/><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.willdowning.com\" target=\"_blank\">Visit <u>Will Downing&#8217;s web site<\/u>.<\/a><\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p>took away his ability to function on his own. His new album <a href=\"https:\/\/jazzusa.com\/index.cfm?sector=stories&amp;page=aftertonight.asp\"><u><em>After Tonight<\/em><\/u><\/a> was primarily recorded from a wheelchair at home.  This is Will Downing&#8217;s 13th album as a solo artist, and I think it may be one of his best. Will called to update us on his progress, his new CD and his future.  <font face=\"Verdana, Helvetica\" color=\"#000000\" size=\"1\" style=\"font-face:verdana; font-size:10px\"> by S.H. 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