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Best Of 2013, Guest Editors: Beth Hart On Her Dogs, Pia And Stella

As 2013 comes to an end, we are taking a look back at some of our favorite posts of the year by our guest editors.

BethHartLogoBeth Hart’s bio to this point in her 20-plus-year career is very nearly a blues cliché. A youthful beginning, doing great work while toiling in obscurity, struggling with alcohol and substances intended to keep her centered and grounded. It’s a boilerplate blues story, told many times with slight variations. Thankfully, Hart’s recent triumphs have counterbalanced her ancient travails. Last December, Hart took the stage at the Kennedy Center Opera House in Washington, D.C., along with guitar icon Jeff Beck, and performed Etta James’ classic “I’d Rather Go Blind” to celebrate Kennedy Center honoree and blues legend Buddy Guy. Hart’s scorchingly soulful vocals and Beck’s sinewy guitar lines brought Guy and the audience to their feet; that performance has been added to the commercial pressing of Bang Bang Boom Boom (Provogue/Mascot), Hart’s powerfully diverse new album. Hart will be guest editing magnetmagazine.com all week. Read our new feature on her.

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Hart: These are the most amazing creatures on earth. Pia is 13 years old, and she is a pug. I got her from my mom on Christmas just before I started kissing Scott. Scotty and I raised her together. She’s so funny and sweet, and can also be really crabby to other dogs. She loves going walking and to cuddle under the covers at night. She got cancer seven years ago, so we give her chemo pills every other day. You’d never know she has cancer because she’s just as happy and excited as she was as a puppy. Now Stella, she is a hurricane of energy. She’s a French bulldog and is coming up on being two years old. She is so much fun and has to be with you wherever you go. Sometimes I walk back and forth to and from the kitchen to the living room over and over. She comes with me every step of the way. What a great dog. I adore my dogs. Dogs make the world a better place to live!

Another photo after the jump.

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