"Blues is a musical form that is best learned by experiencing it."

Harlan Lee Terson: Walking in the blues Line

Harlan Terson has been a familiar figure on Chicago's musical landscape for more…

"Music, poetry and activism are three of the faces of Eros: synchronicity, derangement of the senses, and random physicality, or, if you prefer, Calliope, Euterpe, and Dionysus"

Andrei Codrescu: Transylvania…

"The blues is the real root of every modern music. It's everywhere."

Guitar Ray & The Gamblers: To be a man in troubles…

"Blues is a truly American Art form that should not be lost.. It can evolve and change, but it should not go away or be lost..."

Al B. Blue: From Mississippi to Jamaica and back to Funkytown…

"Since I met the blues they've never let me down.  They're there for me when I'm happy.  They're there for me when I'm sad.  They are my unwavering partner."

Tampa Blue: Walking with the blues

Tampa…

"Free your mind and your ass will follow – the kingdom of heaven is at hand. Life should be about freeing oneself but, mostly, it never works out that way."

Joe Ambrose: Irish Dreamachine…

“I'm a "Music Junkie". If I do not play music my body rebels and releases evil toxins into my system until I do...”

Johnny V Mills: Pythagoras Blues

Johnny V forged his original fire-brand style of blues…

“Life is…What you make of it. For me it's an ongoing adventure. The ups and the downs. And there've been plenty of both!”

Eddie Woods: The Gangster Poet

“That get-up is perfect for you. You’re the…

"Blues is just my way to express myself – like some might become athletes."

Guitar Mikey: The Real Thing of the Jungle

Mike McMillan AKA Guitar Mikey and…

"Blues is also seen and felt in literature, poetry, theater, movies, visual arts, etc. Blues has a sensibility that pervades much of the most meaningful art and culture of the world."

Michael Hill's Blues Mob…

"...The Blues has no boundaries…you are led completely by what's in your soul!"

Bron Buick: The Blues Bronster

London born of Polish…

"Be yourself, play what you feel, you can be influenced but don’t copy."

Leon Medica: Southern Musical Gumbo

Their 1978 Capitol press release read: "LeRoux takes its name from the Cajun French term for the thick and hearty…

"Blues started out of necessity, honesty and is fundamentally simple and humble."

Zoe Schwarz Blue Commotion: Let The Good Times Roll

ZOE SCHWARZ BLUE COMMOTION (formally The…

"The Blues showed me that I am not alone - it showed me honest emotion without gimmicks. The Blues opened my heart."

Dan Fante: The Bluesman of Literature

Dan Fante was…

"Blues will never go away completely because the feeling of the blues is about universal human emotion."

Rick Estrin: The Blues, saved my life

One day back in…

"The blues is always with us because it is a simple, powerful genre that speaks to the heart and soul. It embodies soulful singing and playing in a way that is genuine to every generation..."

Vince Martell: Keep On Rockin' !!!…

"The Blues is more of a language. It has changed to accomodate modern themes but, the over all sound and feel will never change."

Tommy McCoy: What A Wonderful Blues World

Tommy…

"Burroughs' writing and ideas that would go on to cast the biggest influence over rock music and the counterculture."

Spencer Kansa: Zoning With The…

"I thrive on excitement and blues is exciting. I can’t think of any music that is as exciting except Flamenco."

Jeff Powers: Beat Poetry is Rock & Roll…

The Beat Generation in Paris

Two Photo Exhibitions by Loomis Dean and Harold Chapman at the Beat Museum, San Fransisco…