I recall attending a Stefan Grossman workshop in Edinburgh back in the seventies, and while chatting to him afterwards among a group of other afficiados, a visiting American asked him brightly if he had any plans to do concerts in Kansas.

I still remember the look of horror on his face as he said "Hell no, East Coast and West Coast, that's it, I don't do the badlands"

I thought it was kind of a snotty response at the time, but I think I am empathising with him now ...