"Sometimes you gotta Live The Blues to Play The Blues...."

Andy Watts: The Tone of Soul

Andy Watts is an Israeli blues guitarist. Andy is member of Foreign Angels a hard working Blues-Rock band…

"You have to understand that in New Orleans, music is way more than just a part of life. It’s a city of music. It’s the birthplace of Jazz. We are a melting pot of different cultures and musical tastes."

Sidney Smith: The Lensman of Saints…

"It is pure human emotion boiled down to the simplest and basic musical terms. Everybody has the blues in one way or another and the blues is the soundtrack to our lives."

The Muggs: Motor City Overdrive…

"True artists do what they want to do on their own terms."

Lynne Jackaman: 

Maximum British Rock and Soul!…

"My hope for the future is that blues will continue to burn brightly as an inspiration for students, artists, and writers. My hope is that the music will continue to shape our lives and our understanding of what is beautiful and true in life."

William Ferris: A Southern…

"The music strikes a chord in the brain whether you are 15 or 55."

The 45s: British Rhythm & Blues Βuds

The band of The 45s was put together by new boy Tom Hamilton when he arrived at Nelson Thomlinson…

"I think that Blues addresses issues that are common to people in general. Most everybody’s suffered heartache and loss and other themes that are common to the blues."

Jim Pharis: The Blues Tales of Life…

"Like all roots music blues is timeless! It’s not that kid stuff where the video clip is more important than the music itself." 

Peter Struijk: Blueshine in Dutch

Peter Struijk was born on March 28th in…

"The blues will always have a following because the blues is the root of all popular music. There is something for everyone in it because it has emotion." 

Brandon Niederauer: The Prince

Brandon Niederauer…

"The message of the Blues is unity and love and sharing. Music IS the universal language and can bring all kinds of people from different backgrounds together. We need to pay attention to that."

Felix Reyes: El Gato del Blues…

"I look at the world every day and think how nuts it all is. That makes me laugh, for if not I would cry! Seeing my friends and making music makes me smile."

Leland Sklar: THE Bass MAN

His…

"The USA gave us the blues etc and we processed it and gave it back to them."

Mick Abrahams: The Blues Is Everything

Michael Timothy 'Mick' Abrahams was the…

"The Blues is the best way to express myself. To talk to someone through music about my bad times, good times, about everything. About the real picture of life. Everyone has the blues inside them. They just have to discover it."

The Tubescreamers: Greek Blues…

"The blues can tenderly touch your heart and soul and also lift your spirits high and make you feel carefree."

Benny Jenkins: The Bloodline of Blues

Chicago native Benny grew up on the southside of…

“Be yourself, play what you feel and make the ladies dance!” that´s what Jimmy Rogers told me years ago.

Michael van Merwyk: Euro Blues

Life according to plan is not available for purchase. Who has not…

"I miss the mistakes! All the old great Rock albums have tons of mistakes on them. They were human! Now, every note is fixed, tuned, and quantized with Pro Tools or whatever."

Pete Bremy: Integrate the Groove…

"Buddy Loved the Blues,  an outlet that allowed him to delve into the deepest of pain and when he sang you feel it too."

Chealsea Dawn: Buddy Miles Experiences

Chealsea Dawn was born in Texas. She’s owner…

"The blues to me means the struggle to find out what life is really about and struggling for survival in this world physically and emotionally and all the challenges that come with that."

Lazer Lloyd: Jammin with King David…

"Music has the amazing power to unite people. Why not use that power to accomplish something good?" 

Jim Gustin: The Truth of Blues

Jim Gustin is a singer, songwriter, guitarist, and performer from Santa…

"A Bluesmen is born is not a mechanical thing. I will not give out names of a particular artist but, I will say that their will always be a true Bluesmen, it means I lived the life I sing about."

Earnest "Guitar" Roy: Ground Zero Blues…