#blues

Don’t get old, Kaylee. It sucks! ↗

— Christie Walker Bos

#goodbye-blues #hello-love #love

Johnny's in the basement Mixing up the medicine I'm on the pavement Thinking 'bout the government. ↗

— Bob Dylan

#medicine

There are only old people here. ↗

— Christie Walker Bos

#goodbye-blues #hello-love #love

I realized I was tired of singing about trees and flowers. I wanted to sing about real life. From then on, nobody could tell me anything was better than blues. ↗

— Robert Cray

#anything #better #blues #could #flowers

Johnny Winter is one of the best blues players in the world. He's very underrated. ↗

— Ritchie Blackmore

#blues #johnny #johnny winter #players #underrated

There was a time we decided that it was songs that were done especially from my background because of the things we were dealing with, but nowadays, anybody who has a need, and can find the need, they can sing the blues. ↗

— Ruth Brown

#background #because #blues #dealing #decided

We are trying to prove that the blues lives on forever and anybody in this place can sing the blues. ↗

— Ruth Brown

#blues #forever #lives #place #prove

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 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

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