"...Blues definitely comes from the heart and  therefore I think the blues will always be there as long as we have hearts and feelings."

Blue Alley: Blues elixir of life…

"The blues is the common ground, the music of the blues throughout all styles, and the feeling of the blues throughout all peoples."

Jon Paris: The blues had a baby and they named it…

"Blues is a feeling, we all have feeling all the time whether they are bad, happy etc."

Al "Hurricane" Spears: Feel the Blues…

"I consider the Blues an art form. An art form that allows a person to express what they feel. No different then painting, writing, sculpture, dance, or any other form of music."

Ron Hacker: Dirty Old Blues…

"I love big band salsa and Cuban stuff and would like to play some of my slide and bluesy lead in a group like that with those killer singers and horns."

Gene "Sarasota Slim" Hardage: Southern…

"The Blues is a way of expressing yourself, it’s a feeling that everyone can understand. It’s a way of life!"

Jacob Schulz: Blues under evolving

Jacob “Brother Jacob” Schulz is…

"In blues there is always a story to tell and in nowadays music, the story is missing."

Vivian Vance Kelly: The Blues Rose

At 5 years old, Vivian was called up…

"The Blues is a way to communicate my deepest feelings through my instrument."

Carl Verheyen: Six-string Wizard

In his 40-plus years of playing the instrument, Carl has created a…

"The blues is a living art form that expresses the moment."

Calvin B. Streets: Old School Blues

During the 1960's and 1970's, Mr. Streets grew up amongst the angst, broken glass and sharp edges of the Brooklyn streets he was named…

"Blues women are a little tougher and edgier because they have to be."

Debbie Davis: Cool, Peace and Joy…

"I think a lot of blues fans don't really understand the music - or they have a very superficial understanding of it"

Daniel Beaumont: Exile on Main Street…

"The blues means life. Musically, spiritually, it fills me up and makes me whole."

Mark Carpentieri: True Blues Music

Mark Carpentieri started M.C. Records in 1991; blues has…

Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real

"That’s the good thing about music is that it never goes away, it just…

"To me, if it makes you go "ow" it's the blues....whatever the musical context..."

Deanna Bogart: Blusion

When it comes to Deanna Bogart, everyone wants to claim her as their own - her hometown, her fans, her fellow…

"The Blues means let it all hang out…let yourself go but "respect the music" in music everyone has a place to be. Know your place."

Lawrence Shy Gladney: Personal Bluesman

"Shy" is…

"You’ve got to have had experience, ups and downs, for me it’s from getting bi-polar disorder and it put me out of the circuit."

Dave Murphy: Yes that’s the Blues

Dave Murphy is a finger-style,…

"The blues is the music that fired up rock'n'roll and is the music that I naturally return to when I'm sick of everything else."

Lemmy Kilmister…

"I believe that going through “hard times” in your life gives you strength and makes you a better human… and that makes you a better musician."

Full Houze: Blues Religion

'FULL HOUZE'' band is formed in…

"For me, what happens in my life is translated into the songs that I write and perform. I am an inspirational writer."

Dallas Hodge: Reelin' the Blues

Dallas Hodge was born in 1954 in Detroit Michigan. He…

"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…