Chicago bluesman Willie Kent loses battle to cancer

Bassist Willie Kent, a mainstay on the Chicago blues scene, died on March 2 after a battle with cancer, according to his Web site, www.williekentblues.com.In an article written by Bill Dahl on www.allmusic.com, Kent and his band, the Gents, were “among…

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