#blues

When all the original blues guys are gone, you start to realize that someone has to tend to the tradition. I recognize that I have some responsibility to keep the music alive, and it's a pretty honorable position to be in. ↗

— Eric Clapton

#blues #gone #guys #honorable #i

I have a gajillion headbands - yellows, pinks, reds, blues. I'm obsessed. ↗

— Monique Coleman

#i #obsessed #reds #yellows

Sounds like the blues are composed of feeling, finesse, and fear. ↗

— Billy Gibbons

#composed #fear #feeling #finesse #like

I didn't know that you were supposed to tune the guitar to an open chord, and I learned to play slide with a normal tuning. I think it's a little more melodic that way and doesn't sound so bluesy. Of course, if I could play like David Lindley or Ry Cooder, I'd be a happy man! ↗

— Ken Hensley

#chord #could #course #david #guitar

I remember listening to the radio as a kid and finding that the songs always made me feel more peaceful. Funny, but the more hurtin' the music was, the better it made me feel. I think of that now when I write my songs. I may not be feelin' the blues myself, but I'm writing them for other people who have a hard life. ↗

— Chris Isaak

#better #blues #feel #finding #funny

With my little band, I did everything they did with a big band. I made the blues jump. ↗

— Louis Jordan

#big #big band #blues #did #everything

Don't waste your time away thinkin' 'bout yesterday's blues. ↗

— Jon Bon Jovi

#blues #bout #our time #time #waste

Every time the guys were knocked out by my guitar playing and the girls were knocked out by the type of songs I did. That set us apart from the average blues band. ↗

— George Thorogood

#average #band #blues #did #every

The blues brings you back into the fold. The blues isn't about the blues, it's about we have all had the blues and we are all in this together. ↗

— Peter Tork

#back #blues #brings #fold #had

My idea of heaven is a place where the Tyne meets the Delta, where folk music meets the blues. ↗

— Mark Knopfler

#delta #folk #folk music #heaven #idea