BY JAN SWOOPE
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Columbus native Joe Shelton remembers hearing his elders saying, "The older I get, the better I was."
"But I never fully appreciated the sentiment until I reached that 'elder' plateau myself," he says, smiling.
Shelton appreciates the adage even more now, since learning in December the title song from his 2011 album is a Blues Foundation nominee for Blues Song of the Year.
Fans and friends first tipped him off.
"I began receiving emails and phone calls f
Jan Swoope is the Lifestyles Editor for The Commercial Dispatch.
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