Heard Lonnie Brooks play to an empty bar in rural Wisconsin one cold, lonely night 30 years ago. Everyone wanted 70's covers I guess. I was forever inspired.
I live in Mississippi...born and raised. I was brought up around the music by my grandfather who owned 2 blues bars in the Jackson, MS area. I met Stevie Ray Vaughan in May of 1990. He was here for the Power & Passion tour with Joe Cocker. I was only 14 at the time but I persuaded my mother to buy a fifth of Jack Daniels so that I could give it to Stevie backstage. My mother knew the venue director and easily got to meet him. I did not know that Stevie had sobered up prior to our meeting (why should a 14 year old know that anyway...LOL). While greatly star-struck, I offered him the bottle, and he looked at me and said, "I appreciate the offer, son, but I no longer drink. But hand it here." He then asked for my marker I brought to get him to sign a photo, and signed the bottle of J.D. Of course, he handed it to my mother and said to just make sure I didn't open it. Not only did I not open it then, it remains unopened to this day. I proud to say that I am confident that I am the only receipiant of a signed unopened bottle of J.D. Needless to say, I was saddened when he passed. On my 18th birthday, I had a large portrait of Stevie tattooed on my back...covers about 60% of it.
I am also an artist. I use Stevie as a lot of my subject matter. I have a one-of-a-kind charcoal on canvas drawing on Stevie that I would like you to check out and give me feedback. Thanks a lot and long live the blues!
I heard blues since I was a kid from my uncle's tape player, The first blues song I heard was Led Zeppelin's Since I've been loving you & it blows me, open my eyes how powerful a blues song can be, then I began/started searching the roots of this music. When I was teenager I started to pickup guitar & learn to play blues, blues guitar player is still my obsession. Until now, I still listen to BB, Albert King, Muddy Waters, Otis Rush, Buddy Guy & Stevie Ray Vaughan & the other greats (too many to mention) - It's hard to find their records here in Indonesia (especially in my town).
The first memorable one was AWB openned for Sonny Terry & Brownie Magee who openned for B.B. King at the Capital Theater in Albany in 1971. When the show was over and most of the audience had left, B.B.King brought Lucille out to the stage, sat down and started to play. About two dozen people moved to the stage and sat at his feet while he played for another twenty minutes or so. I saw Stevie Ray Vaughn six weeks before he died and most recently I saw Clapton and Winwood at MSG in February.
the first five notes of new york city blues and boom boom by the animals and the lead to time is on my side by the stones .that was to get started it was the british blues invasion .then i bought my first BB King album(8 trac ) that thing could stay in the player for days at a time Lucille album.it was in 68-69 I heard BB at least 4 to 5 maby 6 times live and one of those at the U of H heplayed and tears were rolling down his cheeks from his eyes any i was hooked .ivve heard so many since and loved them all .its americas gift to the world
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