"Blues is roots and roots are always the same. When leaves on the tree die, they are part of the fertilizer that feeds the roots".

Kenny "Blues Boss" Wayne: Ooh Yeah!

... Exciting, Creative & Soulful!

Kenneth Wayne Spruell was born in Spokane, Washington in 1944, and…

"All my friends dead and gone on. I miss Little Milton, BB King, Slim Harpo, Tabby Thomas.  They was my friends and I miss all those guys. I hope a lot of young kids will pick it up and carry it on. It seems like they’re not interested in it, but to me, it’s everyday life. When we do blues in the schools, the kids love it!  They be running around, dancing and going on. And the staff be loving it more than the kids, too!"…

"If you are true to yourself and really know yourself as an artist and know what you’re laying down is the real deal, then you rise above all the noise and the crap that’s involved."

Buddy Reed: The Real Blues Deal

Ivan Elmo "Buddy" Reed got his start playing the blues in San Bernardino,…

"In all cases our societal preconceptions can be challenged and through that a new understanding can emerge, regardless of the viewer’s racial, political, etc. beliefs or orientation."

Ted Reed: The Blues Trail Revisited

Emmy-and Oscar-award winning filmmaker Ted Reed has been producing, directing, writing, and shooting films and television since…

"Blues brings people together and it always will."

Gary "Gator" Millhollon: Real Blues

Ray Reed & Gator are two world-class blues musicians living and playing in the DFW area of Texas. Between the…

"If I could get rid (or change) one thing in the musical world...easy, I would get rid of I-tunes...Spotify...Reverb Nation...and all those other 'electronic' pages."

Michael De Jong: Blues For The People…

"I believe the blues has been a tremendous racial healing force worldwide."

Buddy Reed: Gutbucket & Pure Blues

Ivan Elmo "Buddy" Reed got his start playing the blues in San Bernardino, California in…

"I would go back to the plantations to hear the Blues in its most powerful state. Just hearts full of stories trying to survive."

Goldie Reed: Building A New  Heritage

Goldie Reed is a 26…

“Life is like Sanskrit read to a pony.”  -- Lou Reed

Lou Reed on the other side

(BBC) US musician…

Chicago Blues All-Stars new album Red, Hot & Blue now available on iTunes :)

https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/red-hot-blue/id668825124

"I believe American Blues is at the heart of all good Rock and Roll music, and I don’t think that’s very difficult to trace." 

Marvin Taylor: Simplicity & Honesty

Marvin Taylor born in Tuskegee, Alabama, is a…

"The most important experiences are the ones where I have learnt something new...not necessarily music either. Knowledge comes from experiences you live through and you can channel that into music."

Mike Cooper: Sliding around the world…

"Both the Blues (in music) and the Beats (in words) did the same: expressions in words and music of the human condition in all its glory."

Richard Barone: The spirit of New York

Richard Barone is an acclaimed…

"Blues is real. There are only three things for certain in life...death, taxes and the blues"

Mighty Mo Rodgers: Odysseus and the blues sirens…

I am The Stoop Down Man, The Don of The Blues, The Little Old Blues Man, better known as ROBERT L CHICK WILLIS

Born Robert Willis on September 24, 1934 in Cabiness, Georgia, "Chick" is the cousin of late blues legend Chuck Willis. He began his musical…

"Blues music gives me the opportunity to connect and convey my feelings on a pure emotional level."

Forrest McDonald: Human Condition…

"The blues are something that is for everyone in the world to enjoy with no restrictions, no boundaries, no government influence."

Reed Radcliffe: The man behind the lens…

"When Mac Arnold & Plate Full O’ Blues hit the stage…now that’s happinest."

Mac Arnold : The real deal in blues…