If you have been following along, my opinion has netted me some detractors. A local blues society felt the need for their entire board to decry my opinion of the blues event they produced. They got it horribly wrong, and their unfocused response I felt was pretty typical for blues fans. So, the thing is this, I like blues music. Not that much. It is, of course a love and hate relationship. I cannot deny what I have seen, and as a result, I am happy to put this out there.
I think one night I listened to Jack Johnson sing without any instruments at Scott Street Pub, and the crowd loved it. I also was lucky enough to spend an entire 7 days with Eddie Kirkland, and through him got to talk to John Lee Hooker on the phone. I spent a few days with BB King, and a couple of months on the road with the man I think is the greatest performer in the blues related fields Scott Holt.
But, still, we live in a parochial world. Often times we see the white bread get rewarded, and the drunk lady in the NASCAR shirt draw more juice than the serious blues lover. Then, that blues lover gets angry for being the unappreciated genius.