"I loved playing in Europe. Europeans listen better and are very respectful of our music."

Joe Moss: Marathon Runner of Blues

Few up and coming young blues performers walk the walk to the…

"Blues can make you feel happy, sad, angry, and sexual. It can make you feel like dancing and feel like crying at the same time. It covers a very broad range of human emotions and people can connect to that."

Taylor Scott: Far Away From Cliché …

"Too many SRV clones and people that think the Blues started with EC and all those stratslingers."

Don Scott: The Real Thing

Don "Scotty" Scott is an acoustic blues guitarist, singer, and…

"The blues is a way of expressing life that keeps your feet firmly planted knowing that what you present is something that we’ve all experienced….it lets us know that we’re not alone." 

Jackie Scott: The Lady Sings The Blues…

"I think that everybody, at some time, feels lonely, desperate, hopeless, ashamed, and unexplainably angry. The blues is taking those experiences, weaving them to a melody, a lyric, an improvisation, and relieving yourself of that pain."

Giles Corey: Polyphonic Sounds In…

"The blues evolved from field chants and very basic music. There is a real primitive element at its core. That give it a universal quality. I think the blues will always be around."

Scott Ramminger: Breathing of New Orleans…

"The Blues offers to me a way of expression and a way to tell you story and share your experiences with people."

Scottyboy Daniel: T…

"I love the raw emotion that the blues invoke.  It gives me chicken skin....LOL."

Scott Abeyta: High energy excitement

Rip Cat Records is the brainchild of Scott Abeyta, guitarist for Whiteboy James and…