"I sure do hope that there would be a greater appreciation for the blues. Especially amongst young people. I fear that this may not be the case."

Mark Telesca: Feels good, Doing Right

Mark Telesca…

"Rock isn’t dead. Each generation passes on their love of rock to the next. It’s a trickle down affect."

Neil Daniels: Steel, Rock & Boogie

Neil Daniels is a freelance British writer specialising in…

"Stay true to yourself. Don't let others influence you too much is the best advice have gotten."

Jerry Handley: Magical Enjoyment and Relaxation

Gerald (Jerry) W. Handley was co-founder, with Alexis…

"The blues I suppose means raw emotion to me, and I find that I can express myself through playing blues roots and blues based music."

Ben Poole: Rockin' The Blues

Twenty-five year old Ben…

"Music and poetry can affect your senses tremendously. They can both bring back memories and vivid memories at that. They can transport you into your own thoughts where your senses come alive and further open your mind."

Jake St. John: Roads…

"To me the blues is the foundational music of just about all modern contemporary music today. It’s the original “world” music."

Mike Osborn: Everything Flows

Michael W. Osborn was born in Illinois and…

"...in the future we hope people will come up with their very own version of music, regardless of whether it sells or not."

The Picturebooks: The Blues Is Dead, ...All Hail The Blues!

It’s not surprising…

"As any of us from New Orleans will tell you, it is our freedom of expression and joie de vivre that makes us unique."

Brint Anderson: The Saints' Riffs

More than forty years have passed since Brint…

"I think the Blues have a healing property."

Georgie Bonds: Riding With The Blues

Georgie “The Blacksmith” Bonds orn and raised in the Germantown section of Philadelphia, Georgie Bonds did not grow up…

"The blues teaches you about life, and how to tell a story. Blues songs are really short tales that are passed on from storyteller to storyteller."

Tino Gross: Howlin' Funky Pleasant

Martin (Tino) Gross…

"No matter how I’m feeling physically, mentally or otherwise, the instant I begin to play I immediately feel better. The blues is my drug of choice and I’m hopelessly addicted to it."

Low Society: Rebellious Blues & Roll…

"I feel very sorry for most of the young girls I see out there these days as I feel the wheel has gone backwards."

Elizabeth Barraclough: One Love, One Heart, One World, One Music

Elizabeth Barraclough is…

"The pleasure lies not only in finding it but in the journey, meeting kindred spirits and searching for all the pieces of the puzzle. The same with blues, the deeper you dig the more you realize that you’ll never be able to really fully understand it."

Steven…

"The basic structure of Blues teaches you corner stone of chordal understanding and opens up doors for using scales and deep inside feelings coming from your soul."

Ayet Aydin Cakus: Underground Istanbul…

"Art is one of the ways that people address injustice in society, and the oppression that helped forge the blues continues to effect artists living and working today."

Peaches & Crime: The Swank Band…

"The ties between Jazz, Rock, Psychedelic and World music is the Rechecking Inside of each musician."

Chris Stassinopoulos: Space Fusion

Chris Stassinopoulos was born in Athens Greece at 1951. He's…

"All human induced suffering would end. Those individuals would recognize the patterns that create suffering for what they are."

Bruce Riley: Behold And See...And Beyond

Chicago-based artist…

"The blues is life translated into music. Playing the blues is like standing naked in front of the public and letting the people know about the secrets of your soul." 

Greyhound George: 21^st Century Blues…

"The psychedelic culture comes from the beginnings of mankind's history. In every culture since the ancient times, there are references to psych-o-drastic plants and their affect in mythology. "

Michalis Matthaiou: Garden Of Dreams…

"Well the blues is a way of living, because one cannot play the Blues if he is not entirely involved with the spirit of that music…which is the truth…love & respect."

Tony Lee King: Love, Truth & Respect…