"Music, especially blues music, gives people a chance to forget their problems and just have a ball. More importantly it brings people together. Listening to a great song we forget all the arguing and hate around us. We come together. We realize we’re all the same. It allows us to sing and dance together. It’s as close to heaven as we can get. That’s it. Music is a temporary escape to heaven."…

LEGENDS OF AMERICAN MUSIC support the Mid-South Food Bank in Memphis, TN.

IN HISTORIC, FIRST-TIME COLLABORATION, LEGENDS OF AMERICAN MUSIC & 2024 GRAMMY AWARD WINNERS: BLIND BOYS OF ALABAMA & BOBBY RUSH JOIN FORCES FOR SINGLE OUT DIGITALLY 

COLLABORATION BENEFITS…

"There is technical expertise to be enjoyed within the genre of blues. I love a great blues player or singer. However, the blues is mostly about feel and it’s a unique language that I doubt A.I. will ever master. There are those of us who believe it is our job to be the keeper of the flame."

Andy Peake: Music City's Emotions

Andy…

"Blues has informed and influenced jazz, rock and roll, soul and pop music. It is in the fabric of almost all musical culture in one way or another."

Colin James: Under the Blues Rockin' Sun

To a recording artist, having a bunch of big-name guests on your album can be a double-edged sword: It’ll get you some attention, sure, but…

"Music makes the world smaller. Music is something we humans have in common that transcends language, borders, and everything else that makes us different. I find this quite curious, even mystical. Music communicates at the very core of what we as humans understand. All people understand a smile, a laugh, the cry of a baby, the sounds of nature."

Christopher…

"The impact of music on socio-cultural implications I believe has never changed. Music is a release. Music is fun. Music helps take the edge off the struggles of getting by. MUSIC IS LIFE."

Frank Cosentino: Blues Master is Back!

Guitarist Frank Cosentino has been on the Canadian…

"Texas Blues and the overall music scene in Texas has such a devoted following because of all the hundreds of musicians who play every kind of genre of music on the planet. Blues is the foundation of all other music."

Kent “Omar” Dykes: Lone Star Bluesman

Austin, besides being the Texas state capital, is home to much of the best in American roots…

"If you don't know who you are, you might end up not knowing what you really want. In order to get through to people, you have to internalize that kind of music. And also the lyrics to it. Otherwise, it will fall flat."

"Sir" Oliver Mally: 21st Century Blues

Thirty-nine years the "SIR" Oliver Mally has been "on the road" and has given thousands of…

“Books have been my passion since I started reading as a boy. When I was seventeen, I read On the Road, and that book changed everything. In those pages, I found my spiritual and intellectual comrades in Kerouac, Ginsberg, Burroughs, Corso, and their circle. After that, I read most of their books, and, except for Kerouac, I got to know the other “Daddies,” as Gregory Corso often called the Beats, to varying degrees."…

"Louisiana's music is a huge part of our culture here. Carnival Season, Festival Season, and believe it or not, we have seasons for our cuisine, and the music of Louisiana is enjoyed in each part of that. Our music and our celebrations are simply a way of life here. That's why there is such a devoted following."

Pontchartrain Shakers: Creole Soundtrack…