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Rev. Billy C. Wirtz, a 62-year-old typically solo pianist, Tampa DJ and Ocala resident, warms up on his keyboard for Willie Green’s band performance in the Phillips Center’s Squitieri Studio Theatre on Wednesday before his performance today. Wirtz said blues was considered “devil music.” “Gospel says no matter how bad things get, with a little bit of hope, things will get better,” he said, while “blues says don’t count on it.”