"Blues represents everyday life.  Blues has given me the opportunity to make a living." Merle Perkins: Everyday I have the Blues As a teenager Merle played in the Spirit of St. Louis Drum & Bugle Corp. “There is where it all started for me with the drums. If it was not for drum corp., I would not be a drummer today. I owe it all to drum corp.” Merle moved to Chicago from St. Louis, MO. In the…