I'm goin' down to shoot my old lady, you know I caught her messin' with another man. -Jimi Hendrix.

Terry Allan, I'm a blues fan, but just listening to my collection for an hour and a half would probably result in the same statistics, other than drive by shootings which is a new rage. And no, I don't listen to strange Blues artists, but the lyrics of such greats as Mississippi John Hurt (Frankie), Robert Johnson (32-20 Blues) Howlin' Wolf (Fourty-Four), Muddy Waters (Walkin in the park) and many, many more depict an acceptance of violence in the culture of the performer. I'm a non violent person, but I love the music, not the message. I disagree with the inherant violence in rap, but if I liked the music I would listen to it as well. My standards are high enough that Ice T or Missippi John Hurt or Willie Nelson singing about killing someone is not going to make me want to do it.