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But I did that, and I created another blues scene, another something I can sing about.
I can sing the blues and I have sung the blues. I feel it internally when I'm singing.
With my little band, I did everything they did with a big band. I made the blues jump.
I've always thought Blues Point Tower is one of my best buildings and I stand by that.
Blues Traveler is hot, and Big Head Todd, the Screamin' Cheetah Wheelies - all of 'em.
I was real into Devo, Pavement, Captain Beefheart, and the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion.
I sang in church growing up. Memphis is the blues capital of the world, we like to say.
I love country music, blues, and punk, and one day I might make those kinds of records.
I grew up listening to Muddy Waters and Howlin' Wolf and lots of blues, R&B and Motown.
I wanted to be a blues guitar player. And a singer. And a songwriter. Not a shock jock.
It was so much fun to do, play the blues and then play a Monkees' set on the same night.
I had listened to Joe Turner. When they'd book Joe there, I'd play the blues behind him.
The blues tells a story in itself. It can make you happy or give you a feeling to swing.
Blues, rock, and soul are part of the music I make, but there are Indian influences, too.
When I began my career, I was constantly referred to as the kid who could play the blues.
People out there maybe know who Junior Parker is and some of those Sun Records blues guys.
I base myself in African-derived music. Blues is one of the modern forms of African music.
I call myself a blues singer, but you ain't never heard me call myself a blues guitar man.
Blues and soul and jazz music has so much pain, so much beauty of raw emotion and passion.
I go out with my band six months of the year and the rest of them with the Blues Brothers.
If I'm soloing, I usually try to start with a theme, which will often stem from the blues.
Particularly with the blues, it's not just about bad times. It's about the healing spirit.
I don't try to just be a blues singer - I try to be an entertainer. That has kept me going.
They're great players. I'm not a Blues Traveler fan, though. I get it, but it's not for me.
I wouldn't count myself as being a true blues guitarist because I feel you have to live it.
I will argue with anyone in New York: we have the best pizza in Chicago and the best blues.
The way Will Moore taught me, and the way I play it, the blues is just something different.
Of course, there are a lot of ways you can treat the blues, but it will still be the blues.
You don't understand what you're angry about as a young man. You have those young man blues.
My dad was my first influence. He played classical guitar and my uncle Ron played the blues.
We were either listening to jazz or Robert Johnson, the old blues man, but not to our peers.
I've been married twice. Most women would rather not be married to a traveling blues singer.
I think the blues is fine for blues players, but free blues has never made much sense to me.
Lorne finally said, Do the Blues Brothers thing. The response was amazing. People went nuts.
I think it will always be around it just takes one person to make people aware of the blues.
Man, don't get me started on Pat Travers. That dude writes killer blues rock and roll riffs.
I love Muddy Waters and Nina Simone. I also watched 'The Blues Brothers' movie over and over.
As much as I liked the build-up to Christmas, the week after always socked me with the blues.
I am very excited to be here in Wales and look forward to putting on the Cardiff Blues shirt.
I don't want to be in some big beautiful place that nobody want me, because I play the blues.
Everyone tried to be a singer other than just a player. We had four voices in The Moody Blues.
The blues is losing someone you love and not having enough money to immerse yourself in drink.
My idea of heaven is a place where the Tyne meets the Delta, where folk music meets the blues.
Nobody can tell you how the blues feel unless they have the blues. We all take it differently.
There was one emotional outlet my people always had when they had the blues. That was singing.
Then I started checking out blues albums from the library and playing the harp along with them.
My definition of the blues is the naked cry of the human heart longing to be in union with God.
I guess what I like is mostly country & western or else stuff that has a real blues feel to it.
When I got out of high school, I joined a local blues band in Philadelphia - Woody's Truck Stop.
The Moody Blues was very big in France, because they liked that we were basically playing blues.