“I’m the Mystical Muddy Man. Healing Waters in my Hands.”
“The ‘Times Strange’ song is an ode to the Delta Blues Masters — in particular, Skip James.”
“I tried creating a traveling-through-time guitar part with lyrics channeling the command, power, and attack that Muddy had.”
“My goal is to let the younger generation really see what the blues has been and what it can be. To keep the music popular and create a resurgence, the blues needs the young people.” – Keith Dixon Nelson
“As I get older, I am interested in authenticity. I want to see how close to the bone I can get. I want to see how real to the heart I can get. I want to see how real of a song I can write. I am still chasing that.” Tommy Conwell
In the 1970s, Graves started his own record label to promote the blues music of his early heroes.
ABS contributor, guitar teacher, and singer-songwriter Brant Buckley gets in-depth about teaching creativity through chord construction, pentatonic scales, techniques, dynamics, and feel
Premiering today is the video for Brant Buckley’s new single, “Don’t Shoot Your Blues Away.”
Buckley’s Chicago blues sound is melodic, rhythmic, and haunting.
Back To The Roots is the only printed Blues magazine in the Dutch language and is read in Belgium and the Netherlands.
