Well, not to be nit-pickin' myself but, hey, music is evolutionary in nature and defining the birth of blues by what was recorded when recording became possible is a tad narrow... I mean, the Blind Lemon's and Willie Brown's didn't just "wake up one morning" and think, "Hey, I'm going to invent a new sound today"... They heard it somewhere just at the Elmore James and Lightnin' Hopkins heard it from them and added their take, just as the Skip James's and the Sidewalk Bob's heard it and added their take...

"Pretenders", irregardless of how innoncent it was meant to be, is not the right word, especially for those of us who take what has been passed down and put our own interpratations on it... Like I said, Lemon Jefferson heard it somewhere....

End of nit-pickin'...

Bobert

p.s. And thankee, KT, fir leranin' me up this stuff... You are a dear... Maybe next year you'll let be play in yer band... LOL...