Author: Brant Buckley

“The recording process is new to me and something that I just experienced. I want to keep recording going forward and I would love to release a full length album by the end of 2021.”

“The main reason I started recording was to record myself. I wasn’t trying to become a recording engineer or a producer at the time. Once we started to do it, it became my job and career.” – Scott Herzog

“One of my claims to fame at The John Henry Blues Festival in West Virginia is that I was kicked off stage by Big Joe Williams. Big Joe was one of those guys who played what he felt like and I was one of those guys who learned 12 Bar Blues and Big Joe was not a regular 12 Bar Blues guy.” – John Colgan-Davis

Brian Lupo’s guitar playing which is heavily influenced by Albert Collins, Johnny “Guitar” Watson, and Albert King can be heard on Nora Jean Wallace’s first two recordings

“I was the first to play Springsteen’s ‘Asbury Park’ album. It was a team effort. WMMR was an artist breaker and considered the breakout station in the country.” – Michael Tearson

“Don’t be afraid to write crap, because crap is the best fertilizer. The more crap that you write the more likely you’ll grow something amazing.” – Pat Pattison

“The Beatles counted into ‘All My Loving’ from their second album and within the first five seconds it completely hit me and changed my life. There is something about it. I was awakened and suddenly there was color in the world, even though it was on a black and white screen.” – Luke Ray

“The most interesting time was recording Pink Anderson. I have the only known video of him which I allowed Stephan Grossman to release on one of his tapes that he put out.” – Joan Fenton

“Growing up in Chicago the number one thing that inspired me was Gospel. I was always in churches. They say that Gospel is Blues dressed up for Sunday.” – Shawn James

“Over the past twenty years, the whole economics of being a songwriter has completely changed. If you were to take what you normally make today and divide it by ninety-one; that is what happened to the songwriters’ royalty rate as the consumer marketplace shifted from physical goods like albums to the streaming model. That is drastic.” – Amanda Colleen Williams