The late great Willie Dixon was fond of saying "The whole of life itself expresses the blues. That's why I always say the blues are the true facts of life expressed in words and song, inspiration, feeling and understanding. The blues can be about anything pertaining to the facts of life. The blues call on God as much as a spiritual song do. The blues call on happiness and understanding. The blues calls on sadness as much as prayer do. The blues calls on working, even working on the railroad and chopping cotton, they could always build a rhythm up to this that made the blues.
Ninety-nine percent of the people that wrote stories about the blues gave people phony ideas and this gave the blues a bad reputaion. They had people believing the blues was a low down type of music and underestimating the blues one hunderd percent. The majority of people have been taught to stay away from the blues because the world didn't actually want you to understand what the blues want. To brainwash people, they have to make you think that things that are good for you are against you."
Seems to me that there are still way too many people out there that think the blues is about depression, being sad, talking about nothing but being down and out. This music can be lots of fun and I think we can be building it's popularity by showing off the lighter side.
A Blues player dies and goes to Heaven, where he is directed to the heavenly night club. He sees a wonderful room, capacious stage, and an all-time all-star group of musicians. Recognizing Hubert Sumlin, he walks over and asks "How's the gig here?" Hubert says, "Well, you can see that the layout and the equipment is fine, we get fed gourmet food, the best wines and a little reefer to take the edge off."
"That sounds perfect," says the new guy. "There's just one thing," Hubert adds. "God's got this girlfriend who thinks she can sing...."
This week's featured musician is SEASICK STEVE...check him out...http://www.seasicksteve.com/
Thanks for reading,
Pete 'Big Dog' Fetters
http://www.petebigdogfetters.com/
Ninety-nine percent of the people that wrote stories about the blues gave people phony ideas and this gave the blues a bad reputaion. They had people believing the blues was a low down type of music and underestimating the blues one hunderd percent. The majority of people have been taught to stay away from the blues because the world didn't actually want you to understand what the blues want. To brainwash people, they have to make you think that things that are good for you are against you."
Seems to me that there are still way too many people out there that think the blues is about depression, being sad, talking about nothing but being down and out. This music can be lots of fun and I think we can be building it's popularity by showing off the lighter side.
A Blues player dies and goes to Heaven, where he is directed to the heavenly night club. He sees a wonderful room, capacious stage, and an all-time all-star group of musicians. Recognizing Hubert Sumlin, he walks over and asks "How's the gig here?" Hubert says, "Well, you can see that the layout and the equipment is fine, we get fed gourmet food, the best wines and a little reefer to take the edge off."
"That sounds perfect," says the new guy. "There's just one thing," Hubert adds. "God's got this girlfriend who thinks she can sing...."
This week's featured musician is SEASICK STEVE...check him out...http://www.seasicksteve.com/
Thanks for reading,
Pete 'Big Dog' Fetters
http://www.petebigdogfetters.com/
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