"I miss the experience of hanging out with the Blues Greats that have passed on. I have great hope for the future of Blues and Americana. I know a lot of young people that are carrying on the tradition of music first."

Lewis Stephens: Backbone Keys…

"The Blues is a wonderful, soul-stirring way to complain about the frustrations, injustices and pain of life."

Terry Garthwaite: Vibrational Of Healing

Terry Garthwaite is an internationally…

"If I could change one thing in the musical world it would be take X Factor, Pop Idol off TV."

Derek Holt: Choruses & Harmonies

British…

"The blues today are more rock than blues, that's what the club owners think, but what I see is the real blues lovers, love the down home blues."

Pete Karnes: Still Here & Plays The Blues…

"The Blues seem to me to have lasting power because when it is all said and done they ultimately speak to survival, having fun in spite of conditions, and to the celebration of life."

Greg Nagy: The Blues Around Me…

"The blues was music of several particular musical eras, and to try and pretend that it shouldn’t change would be foolish."

Julian Piper: Holding The Mojo

British bluesman Julian Piper has played on…

"Blues sunk into my heart and soul. Just as I had heard it the first time, Blues is the mirror of life, sometimes sweet, sometimes joyful at times desperate."

Herbie Goins: Soul of Joy, Heart of Music…

"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…

"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…

"The legacy lives on through the people that were adventurous enough to cross borders and expand their boundaries, have a need to 'spread the word' and teach the fundamentals to the next generation."

Markos Papasifakis: Cosmic Filters…

"The blues is full of mystery. The stories, the musicians, the crossroad, and of course the music. If you want to play blues you must cross a line and put your soul in risk."

Marcelo Ponce: Afro Pan-American Blues…

"I miss sound 100% natural with which the masters of the blues became great."

Daniel Raffo: Fair Winds Of Blues

Daniel Raffo was born in the neighborhood of Floresta, Buenos Aires,…

"The musicality of African people opened an infinite range, the suffering and the rhythmic richness of each country was essential to spread the roots of the blues around world."

Ugo Perrotta: Blues B3 (Bass, Blues e Brasil)…

"The blues is the most expressive form of music that exists. It's very name is an emotion that everyone on the planet has felt at some point in their life."

Chris Watson: Black White Soul…

"Music is an aid that helps me as I proclaim what I believe to be the most important information on the planet."

Freddie Stone: United Nations Of Music

Freddie Stone, born Frederick Jerome…

"I think that the reason the blues has such a devoted following because it's so truthful and down to earth music. There no more pure music than that. It's straight from the heart and soul. And that touches people."

Dylan Salfer: The Future Legacy …

"The entire emotional range is available through Blues; of course the depths of despair, but joy and humor are expressed in blues, all that is essentially human."

Mary Stokes Band: Baile Átha Cliath Blues

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"The Blues come in all shapes and sizes, you know, you can have the blues when your woman leaves you and you can have them blues when your women won't leave you alone."

King B. King: All Music Is Blues Music!…

"You have to remember that the blues was created as a personal musical expression by a basically non-literate culture. It is the sound of the human heart, the song of the spirit. I think that today we need the blues more than ever."

Gary Erwin: Lowcountry…

"You feel the blues throughout times in life and when you take the stage you share the feeling with everyone in the room."

Sandra Hall: Empress Of The Blues

Sandra Hall has been preaching, teaching and…