"My choice is to make it happy & kind with a one day atta time attitude. There is no guarantee of tomorrow ... I don't believe we are in charge here ... LOVE is the key to life now and later. LOVE Is the only thing that lasts beyond death, LOVE is the only thing you can take with you from this world to the next."

Barbara Blue: From The Shoals With Love…

"It (Blues) is a language unto itself that represents humanity at it’s core. Simple truths in life."

Shawn Pittman: Make It Right!

Although he’s often closely associated with the Lone Star State since originally taking up residence in Dallas, Texas in the early ‘90s, vocalist/guitarist Shawn Pittman is actually an Oklahoma native. Pittman was born…

"The blues teach me to be open, authentic, a warrior for freedom of ideas and voices to be heard ... a path for stories of life, warts and all, to travel. Although all genres are a door to those voices and stories, the blues are raw and shake bones and soul."

Sandy Carroll: Blues & Angels

Catfood Records released “Blues & Angels”…

"Maybe, One day a change will appear out of the Sky for all the women who sings the Blues."

Carolyn Gaines: The Blues Singer

Carolyn Gaines was born into the blues as the daughter of the great guitarist-singer Roy Gaines who was superstar Diana Ross and Billie Holiday’s guitarist. In addition, her uncle is saxophonist Grady Gaines, who worked with…

"I would change the format of blues radio to have more blues and soul and not so much rock. I would have less rock musicians who can't make it in rock thinking they are blues musicians now."

Johnny Rawls: Hot Soul-Blues Express…

"I think the Blues really just gives us a platform from which to connect with real life and tell the world about it all."

Lance Lopez: Southern Blues Rock 

Blues Rock axeslinger Lance Lopez…

"Blues music has impacted the world, but Blues has not impacted African women and men to keep study employment in the blues business. The best and the greatest musicians are not being recognize."

Carolyn Gaines: Keep The Blues Alive…

"Blues is an outlet for that pain, a cleansing of the soul. Get it out and move on"

The Bihlman Bros: Brothers On The Road

The Bihlman Bros. are Emmy Award winning songwriters/composers and…

"When playing Blues I connect to my innermost emotions, and I draw upon many life experiences both happy and sad, in a way that simply doesn’t happen with any other genre or style of music."

Pete Farrugia: Sir Warm Overdrive…

"I miss analog recorded music, I am excited for the future of music, I have seen it progress since 1950 personally. So this is just another wonderful chapter in the history of music."

Grinder Blues: A Kaleidoscopic Musical Palette…

"Boogie Woogie is so infectious. It’s the beat I think that keeps it going -kind of like rap for kids."

Sue Palmer: Boogie Woogie Happiness

San Diego's Queen of Boogie Woogie, Sue Palmer,…

"The Blues stems from 'A Hard Life', so it mirrors human 'struggle'. Anyone can relate to the Blues; it's a universal model. Blues is a musical 'Center'."

Hunter & The Dirty: Blues House with Rock Foundation…

"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…

"The Gospel is about love and struggle to make that love possible. Isn’t that what the blues is about too?"

Rev. Jimmie Bratcher: Blues Mission

The Blues are all…

"I think the blues was the beginning of all music we know today. It is a music that can’t be faked."

Albert Cummings: 

Blues makes you feel good !…

"Blues music expresses our deepest feelings which can be complete joy or utter disappointment and sadness."

Alice Stuart: An American treasure…

"The blues is eternal - the melodic inflections are pure human emotion, and as long as people have those gut feelings, the blues will be there to express those feelings."

Willie McBlind: Pure passion and…

"In the music I found something about myself and I found a healer."

Meene Cryle: Feel the Dream…

"Work hard and be honest all the time. Speak the truth. Make the best quality possible your goal in everything you do."

Thomas Ruf: The Blues against the blues

Thomas Ruf made his first stint into the music…

"Music is a release for me, when I play I get lost in it and it’s a very happy place to be!!"

Aynsley Lister: Heart Blues Player…