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Frank Bey is a soul man, in the truest sense of the word. Singing since a small child, Bey has spent nearly 70 years perfecting his craft. There have been highlights to his career, but he has had more than his share of obstacles as well.
The 63-year-old singer, composer, and producer had surgery to remove “a small but very aggressive cancerous malignancy.”
“He gets down on his knee and takes Muddy’s hand off his knee and he holds Muddy’s hand in both of his and kisses the back of Muddy Waters’ hand.”
Over in the Delta tent, Bobby Rush, the sassiest and downright sexiest 85 year old on the scene, was thrusting his way through a dynamite set.
“An old man was sitting on the front porch with a straw hat and an acoustic, and he was playing slide and singing. I went ‘Oh my God, what is that?’ My dad was like, ‘That’s the blues.'”
This year, two additional award categories were added, bringing the total to 26. The two new categories are Instrumentalist – Vocals, and Rock Blues Artist.
“I don’t necessarily try to emulate any particular type of singer; I just sing the way it comes naturally to me.”
Are you ready for some Led Zeppelin that’s never been heard before? According to Jimmy Page, it’s on the way in 2018.…
“We had this process that Glenn named “El Blurto.” We’d get to feelin’ good, and then we’d be playing, turn on the cassette recorder and just start making stuff up.”
“Here’s the cool thing about blues… everybody is influenced by the blues, whether they know it or not.”