Well, Hoot, we agree on one thing: It's gotta be fun.

In addition to my peforming I have been a regular at the Archie Edwrds Blues Heritage Foundation, i.e. Archie Edwards Barber Shop, where folks from the the D.C. area collect every Saturday for an all afternoon jam session in NE Washington, D.C.. We also do workshops in schools and festivals and won the KBA (keep Blues Alive) Award at the W.C Handy's last year fir education...

As for the "Shinola" comment perhaps the poster is a purist who just feels that the blues should have died out when folks quit doing it the way he would like to hear it and when the second generation of recorded bluesmen died off??? We have an interesting thread going on over at Twwedsblues.net about "blues nazis" that perhaps might reflect on the Hoots reflections here???

BTW, Johnathan, there's ablues club in Charlotte, N.C.... Is that close to you? I think the name of it is the Double Door but don't hold me to it since I've only been there once and that years ago...

BTW, part 2. Have you checked out Tweeds as yet? Most of the folks there are blues players and several tour regularly... It's an excellent site with links to just about every blues sites and radio programs in the world. Check it out!!!

Bobert