Not another "you gotta be Black to sing the Blues" argument!!!! ;-)

(I've heard enough of those in my time...)

It may officially be a Folk & Blues site, gnu, but I have the strong impression that most of the members' primary interest is folk music with blues being seen as simply one variation of the broader folk theme. Blues was always an important part of folk music, a major influence, but it was one among many major influences, most of which were very unlike the Blues.