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“We thrive on the energy coming from the crowd so the different energy coming from the audience makes us play differently, makes us respond to each other differently…”

In the 1970s, Graves started his own record label to promote the blues music of his early heroes.

“I want to honor Muddy and give his fans all I can about him musically and historically, even as I make my own music.”

“He got married and had a family and nobody even knew he had a career in music, not even his wife. After he died, his wife found a scrapbook that he had kept…”

“We just try to sit down and write the best songs we can. I think if we can do that, everything will take care of itself.”

“You should do what you can man. Do what you can, and try to make every day better than the day before.”

“I just think, give the music to the people any way you can. That’s very important to me.”

We recently got a chance to catch up with some folks from a great cultural program that is administered by the US State Department through an organization called American Voices.

About being a woman in the blues, an all-diva festival, the K.C. Blues community, & new album!

New York City Bluesman Johnny Childs is eager to tell anyone who will listen why he initiated the grassroots movement to establish an International Blues Music Day. Find out why!