Well, gol danged, Sanity... Here we almost made it to 200 posts about the blues without any "political comentary"... The Vegas odds makers had it that 9-1 that that wouldn't/couldn't occur and the betting has been very high on the "9 side" and I know lotta them betters were gettin' right nervous so my question to you is: You one of those "9ers"...lol...

Sheet fire... I jus' funnin'... Ya' see, when I'm talkin' music, I'm talkin' music... Period...

BTW, folks... (I know Gutbucketeers heart... I done played with him many times over the years... Some very memorable like the time we playded the Heritage Festival in the end of this barn with the doors open and it was rainy and cold and the wind blew in one door and out the other and we were slotted to do 50 minutes and by the half an hour mark my fingers were to numb to make any chords so just had to finish the set with slide on the left hand and strum with my fingernail on the right... Remember that one, Jimbo...

Or another time that we were in the middle of Son House's "Emprire State Express" when the train came barrleing thru right behind the stage... Think that's on his MySpace somewhere... Well, ol' hillbilly just held a rythum until the train was gone (2 minutes) and threw in a final verse as if we planned it like that....

But as fir the blues, hey, I never think of copyists 'cause the blues is so individaul that it ain't all that easy to copy... At least as far as I am concerned...

B~

p.s. BTW, I think we can get this blues thread over 200 and like my good gardenin' bud, Janie, I am enjoying all these clips that folks are puttin' up to listen to... Thanks all...