With ya' on that last point, GfinS... I've performed twice in the last 5 days... Now, where as I have never felt that it was professional to mix in "overt" politics with performing it does allow me to interact with people afterwards...

I played before an exclusively white audience Tuesday night up in Concord, NC but had met this fine black women/blues singers at a festival last Saturday and asked her if she would accompany me on a song at the Tuesday night gig...

I was the 4th performer and the first 3 were all white boys playing the same old- same old Chicago style blues... That's fine... I ain't got no problems with that... That is reality when it comes to the blues scene...

Then I got my chance and as I was mezmorizing them with the hard rhythm coming out of my Lowebow I was talking about where the blues came from... Lotta people are either clueless or in denial... No matter... I had their attention 'cause, unlike the 3 bands before me, they turned their chairs and barstools so they could get a good look at what I was doing... Then I called up my new friend, Maddie McCoy, and between the two of us we took folks back the juke joints and gave them something else to think about other than the same Chicago style 12 bar pablum...

Afterwards, at least a dozen folks came up to me telling me how much they enjoyed that Mississippi style music... When I perform that always happens and I love making those personal contacts because now it's one-on-one and there are things you can say one-on-one that ain't stage material... Know what I mean???

B~