"I think the blues is due for a comeback with younger people in an over-tech, digital world. People crave real things and experiences, and I think the blues is that. I see it more when I travel than here in the states, where audiences are older. I try to find places that don’t generally hire blues bands, even if it’s for less money. Just to expose younger audiences. And I try to always help if a younger artist needs anything. Should and probably will do…
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"I miss nothing from the past. I still listen to the music I love. But I think there are still lots of great new artists. You just have to look harder now because there are so many of us. And really nothing changes. Music is just a big cycle. It's timeless."
Donnie Miller: The Blues Is A Healer
Donnie Miller. A small town boy from…
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"I believe that kindness and respect are so important no matter what field you are in. The music business is cutthroat for sure and I've seen it turn very kind, loving folks into bitter and angry people. On the flip side of that there is so much joy to be able to do what I love for a living and to hopefully be able make people forget their problems for at least just a moment. I've learned to remind myself of that when I get frustrated with the…
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"Music is universal and ALIVE because it conveys the human experience without the need of spoken languages. Similar to what I already said, I enjoy that there is so much music out there today. But, conversely, so much music also means people tend to block out music without knowing it. We block out the music at the grocery store, or in waiting rooms. Wouldn't all music benefit if it weren't shoved down our ears all the time."…
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"I think all the arts affect culture and humanity in many important ways. Whether it is communicating a political position, pointing out a societal ill, providing hope, building community, telling a story or just showcasing beauty. The arts are vital to not only a culture but to humanity as well."
John Knell: Goin' to Kansas…
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"I miss the raw sound and emotion of old blues records the new blues today lacks the feeling to me there are a few acts that can pull it off nut not many..."
Brody Buster: Kansas City Blues
Brody Buster…
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"I think blues gets across to all types of people regardless of color. That’s the beauty of it! We can all come together and be human together."
Levee Town: Kansas City Heat
Kansas City…
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"Blues lyrics are a folkloric story in a form borrowed from European folk music. The African American treatment of this form became the blues and the inherent moan mirrored the anguish of modern times when technology threatened extinction rather than neighboring tribes or natural catastrophe."…
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"Blues has always been here. It’s in our genes as humans. The beat. The power of the human voice."
Jason Vivone: E.T.C. Blues Philosophy
Jason Vivone and the Billy Bats won the title "king of the roots" in a competition sponsored by the…
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"I put up Beats in Kansas at KU because of the odd fact that 80 percent of living beats were from Kansas."
George Laughead: The Duke of Kansas
George Laughead grew up in Dodge…
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"The Blues offers to me a way of expression and a way to tell you story and share your experiences with people."
Scottyboy Daniel: T…
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