I am 50 years old and when I was a young teenager, I listenend to rock and roll music, like my peers. Ted Nugent, Alvin Lee, Led Zeppelin. If someone asked me about the blues back then, I would reply that I do not listen to depressing music. Little did I know that the blues was mostly what I loved about rock and roll. ZZ Top, Johnny Winter and just about anything I listened to was either blues or blues based. Later on, when I became older and wiser, I found that I loved the blues. Some of the greatest guitar players ever are blues guys. People like B.B. King, Albert Collings, Coco Montoya, Guitar Shorty, just to name a few.
My eyes were open at last and I started to investigate the blues. That is about the time that I met Tommy Thompson. He ran a show called Smokestack Lightnin'. This was a show that was broadcast on the radio, every Saturday night. The website, www.smokestacklightnin.com was a portal to the streaming. One thing lead to another and eventually, I started to host the music on my server and started working on redesigning the website.
The site is still being worked on, as I am adding content, which includes old interviews, a Hall of Fame and Blues Profiles. With over 250 profiles done now, each with a 1 to 2 minute sound sample, it is a lot of fun to browse the site. The site will continue to grow, as I add more artists and further educate my blues knowledge.
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