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'Smokin' Joe looks like singing the blues on his visit to Cardiff.


IT'S not often that you get the chance to see a former heavyweight world champion singing the blues.

But, when "Smokin" Joe Frazier
For the Major League Baseball player and manager, see Joe Frazier (baseball)
Joseph William "Smokin' Joe" Frazier (born January 12, 1944 in Beaufort, South Carolina) is a former world heavyweight boxing champion, active mostly in the 1960s and 1970s.
 comes to Cardiff next month, there's a distinct possibility that's exactly what will happen.

Frazier will be hosting a special evening at the Holland House Hotel on May 7. And, as well as holding a question and answer session on his illustrious il·lus·tri·ous  
adj.
1. Well known and very distinguished; eminent. See Synonyms at noted.

2. Obsolete Shining brightly.
 career, it seems he may well be getting involved in the after-dinner entertainment..

Event Promoter Kevin Haynes said: "We have a blues band playing and apparently you don't even need to ask Joe to join in - he just can't stop himself.

" It's great to have a legend like him coming to Cardiff anyway, but to see him sing would just be something special." Tickets for the night are still available. For more information contact St David's
This page is about the city. For the patron saint of Wales, see Saint David.
St David's (Welsh: Tyddewi) is the smallest city in the United Kingdom, with a population of under 2,000 people.
 Sport and Stage on 029 2023 4567 or 07974 767 978..
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Publication:South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales)
Date:Apr 18, 2009
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