The first question I had to ask myself was why I was starting yet another blues blog. Why bother? Because the popularity of music today requires that we do not forget its roots, its genesis, its history, its ever unfolding presence. The blues is alive and well and we need to keep nurturing it.
To the general population, the "blues" seems to lie beneath the surface, around the corner, buried somewhere in the back of a record store. And suddenly it resurfaces only to vanish once again. There are "blues" revivals here and there over the years; along comes a SRV & everyone is whistling the "blues" & then it vanishes; it comes and goes and we are always reminded that it is there -always been there - but reminders are not enough. I'd like to see the "blues" rammed down people's throats the way Lady Gaga and Justin Bieber and others like them are shoved into people's face.
Why is the blues a secret? And it is a secret. When did you ever see Susan Tedeschi or Coco Montoya introduced by Jay Leno or Conan on their respective shows?
So, here we go with another "blues" blog, another avenue, another tug of war, another rant, another "look"at the blues.
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