Author: Brant Buckley

“The Beatles counted into ‘All My Loving’ from their second album and within the first five seconds it completely hit me and changed my life. There is something about it. I was awakened and suddenly there was color in the world, even though it was on a black and white screen.” – Luke Ray

“The most interesting time was recording Pink Anderson. I have the only known video of him which I allowed Stephan Grossman to release on one of his tapes that he put out.” – Joan Fenton

“Growing up in Chicago the number one thing that inspired me was Gospel. I was always in churches. They say that Gospel is Blues dressed up for Sunday.” – Shawn James

“Over the past twenty years, the whole economics of being a songwriter has completely changed. If you were to take what you normally make today and divide it by ninety-one; that is what happened to the songwriters’ royalty rate as the consumer marketplace shifted from physical goods like albums to the streaming model. That is drastic.” – Amanda Colleen Williams

“I have written a lot of jingles, but one of the things I like best is that I wrote the theme to ‘This Old House’ that ran for fifteen years.”

Back To The Roots is the only printed Blues magazine in the Dutch language and is read in Belgium and the Netherlands.

“Fishing and the mood of Blues can be put together. Even on your worst days if you can get out on the water it soothes the soul so to speak.” – Joe Bucher

From writing and recording to publishing and beyond. Tomiko Dixon is following in her grandfather’s footsteps.

There’s no autopilot emanating from Walter Trout, but a true a sense of growing momentum, elements of surprise, and a repertoire that continues to be more compelling with each new creation

“My motto is if it ain’t fun or interesting I don’t do it.”