"I miss the lack of attention to the craft of song writing and composition in the music scene. I see this in so many different styles – often exceptional virtuosic musicians with nothing to say in their compositions. In the past their seemed to be a need to be individual, to have an identifiable personal sound."
Richard Rozze: The Lion Has A Message…
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"Most people react to the energy of music and blues music is a very direct form of that energy. One of the most beautiful aspects of blues music is its ability to cross between the cultural perspective."
Rev. Richard John: Nothing But The Blues
The Reverend´s music is foot tapping blues which appeals to audiences both young and old. The Reverend's…
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"Every life lesson we all go through is expressed through the music we make. Music can heal us and allow us to make life long friends. Music seems to underscore our very existence usually for the better."
Richard Wilkins: Life's for Livin
Portland, Oregon blues singer/songwriter, bass guitar/ tenor sax player…
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"That the music industry is not full of fools and flakes and greedy bastards and crooks. Most people in the business are in the business because they can’t sing or play (and in my case, can’t even dance), but they are passionate about music. If you can’t make music, do what you can to make music happen."
Richard Flohil: What a Wonderful World…
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"I’ve learned that the music gives a voice to how I’m feeling about myself or the world around me. The blues gives meaning to my memories and life’s experiences."
Reverend Raven: Smokin' Passion
Bringing crowds to their feet at the hardest to please and sophisticated night clubs in the Midwest, Reverend Raven and the Chain Smoking Altar Boys play…
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"I hope that people keep listening to the old blues, and that new people will come along and get to know it and get the same pleasure that I get from it."
Richard Wall: Real Hobo Bluestales
Richard Wall…
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"Blues and Jazz were always the voices of the downtrodden. The slaves created it as a rebellious statement. They could be chained and whipped but no one could take their voices, their rhythms."
Dana Colley: Vapors of Art-o-phone…
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"Blues speaks truth to power. I believe that Blues is a place where people from all sides of the human experience can come together and enjoy and feel the power of the Blues and forget about all else for a little while."
Richard Lubovitch: Same Old Blues…
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"I miss the rawness of the old recordings. I don’t mind hearing mistakes, if the performance delivers the feeling it’s designed to."
Kevin McKendree: The Rock House Roll
Kevin McKendree was…
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"The blues as historical specific genre is born out of the Afro-American experience of creating musical hope, wonder and catharsis in a period of extreme racial suppression. That is the roots of the blues and should never be forgotten or under-communicated."
Richard Gjems: Let The Music…
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"Music takes me to another place; free from doubt, worry and frustration. A place that only exists for an instant, where I am completely lost in whatever sounds I am listening to- it’s a great feeling!"
Richard Day: Feel The Colors & Notes…
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"The blues is a culture that wants to escape imposition and order. In my opinion, it is the culture most antiestablishment that there is because it doesn't offer a solution for everyone, but reminds us that the solution resides in each and everyone of us."
Pig Fat: Blues Evolution With Deep…
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"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…
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"My hope for the future of music is that we never forget the roots of where it all came from, and my fear is that new generations will forget!"
Kentucky Headhunters: Southern Comfort
The Kentucky…
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"Blues to me is a good man or woman feeling bad over a romance, money or anything that bears heavily on the mind."
Travis Wammack: From The…
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"All people of the world have a "Blues" music. That rootsy, earthy sound that their people do. In Vietnam, they play a single string instrument called the Dan Bau, that has a Blue crying/singing sound when played."
Twice As Good: Red Blood, Blues Roots…
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"Blues is all about freely expressing the ups and downs of the human condition...and that's something that'll never go out of style. And jazz is sublime and sophisticated and in many cases, a thinking person's music."
Jeff Saxon: Rio de…
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"People make music (or any art for that matter) to express themselves: their joy, their suffering, their love and their loss of love."
Zachary Richard: J’Aime La Vie
Cultural activist,…
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"Great music never will die and especially with the new technologies, it will forever inspire now and next generation of musicians of all genres."
James Trussart: Steel, Soul and Mojo
James…
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"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…
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