"The Blues express sadness as well as happiness it express pain, there’s a Blues for any occasion..."

Orlando Wright: (W)right sound source

The consummate bass player, Orlando J. Wright has worked the Chicago R&B and…

"Life will always throw you some song writing material. You get everything just by living , happy, sad good and bad!"

Tim "Too Slim" Langford: Star-Spangled…

“The Blues has saved my life and I just hope I can return the favor by educating people about it so they can have a better appreciation for it.”

Chris Canas: The Blues is Alright…

R.I.P Big Walter Smith - Brother To The Blues

Big Walter Smith, the Twin Cities bandleader affectionately known as the "Big Man of the Blues," died Tuesday at the age of 82 at his home in Minneapolis.…

"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…

"The blues is real, the blues is raw, the blues is dirty, and the blues is about feeling."

Chicken Snake: Voodoo Blues-chedelic…

"This music touches the heart with its simplicity: because it is simple, it allows immediate expressiveness; feelings have the color of the blues"

Paul Lassey: C'est la Blues…

"Art, any kind of art, if it's any good, is a key out of whatever prison you have, of the mind, the body, the culture. Art is one of the few places you can be free."

Joe Pachinko: A lost alien…

"A camera does not make a photo any more than a typewriter tells a story. They are tools and it is how they are used that is important."

Joseph A. Rosen: Blues Image…

"Blues is my life, the music I play and it defines who I am."

Gary Kendall: Maple Blues Legend

Gary…

"There isn’t much Southern Rock around today to compare to. Although, a few bands like the Alabama Shakes and the North Mississippi AllStars are carrying the torch quite well."

Johnny Roth: Petersburg's Slidedog…

"Bukowski in his late poems kept saying this over and over again: be yourself. Or as you Greeks like to say: gnothi seauton."

David Stephen Calonne: Bebop Lives…

R.I.P Bob Babbitt

Bob Babbitt, a bassist for Motown Records and key accompanist to some of the recording studio’s biggest stars, including Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye and the Temptations, died July 16at a hospice near his home in Nashville. He was 74.…

"Choose rightly the people that surround you, and when it’s done, take care of them

Fabien Bréart: I AM A BAND

Bassist and…

"The blues offers me is an opportunity to express myself “in the moment” which is a very special thing to me. Hitting the “zone” – when there’s no thinking involved and the music just flows, is what it’s all about for me."

Ron Sorin: Anchored in…

"The blues is real spiritual and has stolen most of its luster from old gospel which is why I believe is has lasted so long."

Zach Deputy: Another Day in…

"Happiness is....to be found within yourself – you just gotta dig hard enough!"

"Sir Oliver Mally: Strong Believer…

R.I.P John Lord

Jonathan Douglas "Jon" Lord D.M. (9 June 1941 – 16 July 2012) was an English composer, pianist and Hammond organ player known for his pioneering work in fusing rock and…

"I don’t believe in any kind of «blues philosophy» other than playing with feeling."

Rick "L.A. Holmes" Holmstrom: The blues innovator

Rick Holmstrom…