"Don't hold on to your exact vision for the outcome - especially in the journey from writing the song to the finished album. Everybody that I've worked with from Al Kooper to David Bromberg, Coco Brown to Hazel Miller have added to my original idea and taken it to a new place. And if I am open to it ... can see the vision ... it makes it better. Now, sometimes you say, "well that's a great part but not on this track." But for the most part - collaboration…

"Blues transcends any and all racial inequality, it pulls you in to a place where you can identify with the writer and what they might have been going through. Those struggles that we identify with fit any class or race of people. Which is one reason that Blues will never die."

Black Cat Bones: Blues Rock Experiences

Black Cat Bones is a…

"It is the birth place of American music with influences that are Caribbean, jazz, Indian, blues, gospel, etc. The music community has a vibe unlike other places because of the culture, the food, etc. It is like a gumbo with all the ingredients I just mentioned."

Nick Daniels III: Groovin' in New Orleans

Nick Daniels III was born in New…

"That is the great thing about blues...we ALL have awful stuff that happens to us...rich man - poor man - black man - white man - bad times and hard time come to us ALL - and to be a good songwriter for the blues..."

Chris Daniels: The Sound of Kings…

"People to understand each other and not be at each other’s throat all the time, that we can find common ground, that we don’t have to be constantly at war with each other, that we don’t have to be concerned with how somebody else lives, that everyone’s different – I’d love to see that. Let’s give each other some room."

Charlie Daniels: The Southern Legend…

"Rock isn’t dead. Each generation passes on their love of rock to the next. It’s a trickle down affect."

Neil Daniels: Steel, Rock & Boogie

Neil Daniels is a freelance British writer specialising in…

"I don’t have much faith in music today. There doesn’t seem to be anything fresh and unique. People seem merely be rehashing older music."

Pat Liston: The Southern Pride

Pat Liston first…

"Rock and roll taught me to just be myself, which also happens to be the advice given to me by my Grandfather many years ago. Be yourself and follow your heart."

Michael Buffalo Smith: The Ambassador of Southern Rock…

"There is a lot of artificial, fabricated, phony music out there. Southern rock is real. It is visceral, emotional. People can tell the difference."

The Cooper Brothers: Southbound…

"I would wish that people would stop being so greedy, and start sharing with each other! Don’t make it so hard for the people in the bottom!"

Elvin Bishop: Real, Pure and Original !

Elvin Bishop has been travelling the Blues…

"Music that I like to hear does.  I want to hear about something I can feel and can relate to."

Paul Hornsby:

The South's Gonna Do It…