Blues=Life: Are you a performer? Do you sing songs in public that contain words like "darky" and "coon"? Can you sing a line like "'tis summer; the darkies are gay" with a straight face? How about "All de darkeys am a-weeping; Massa's in de cold, cold ground"?

If so, how do you react when your audience howls with anger or laughter? Do you tell them to go to hell? Or do you lay down your guitar in the middle of a set and engage your audience in "discussion and debate"? How long can you keep this up before nine-tenths of the audience walks out?

Pardon my skepticism, but I just want to know if people who talk so contemptuously of "political correctness" really practice what they preach.