"For any British band, Americana is acting. Nothing wrong with that, as long as you remember it's pretend music." All music is pretend music, in a sense. For me, Duke Garwood is the most interesting blues musician in the world right now. He so happens to be white and probably middle-class South Londoner. Note: I say "most interesting", not the "most authentic": I imagine most blues purists wouldn't even consider what he does to be blues. But, for me, he has the most in common with Skip James, Robert Pete Williams, early John Lee Hooker in spirit and vibe and cussedness.
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