I've been booking blues bands into clubs and major festivals all over the eastern half of the U.S. for the last eight years and one thing that I can emphatically state is that blues has absolutely no race boundaries. It may have been born from slavery and the plantation songs but as someone stated above, it is a feeling, a state of mind, an experience. The black youth of today (for the most part) want nothing to do with the blues, for them it is a bitter reminder of their heritage (which is a shame) but the "black" blues artists think that the color boundaries that we the fans put up are ridiculous. I've spoken, at length with everyone from B.B. King to Luther Allison to Buddy Guy and they all welcome ANY musician, white, black or green that wants to spread the word of the blues. If it's good enough for B.B. King and the rest, it should be good enough for all of us.

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