Tabernacle of the Blues

If you have ever been to a real southern Juke Joint,

then you know the smell of beer deep in the wooden

floors, and the reluctant piano man who keeps

playing after last call.

I love the blues -- it is the essence of music for me.

Its all the pain of life and the hope of Gospel.

This piece is the first in a series that hopes to

capture the steaming, gritty blues on a piece

of archival paper.

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"Blues is a natural fact, is something that a

fellow lives. If you don't live it you don't have it.

Young people have forgotten to cry the blues.

Now they talk and get lawyers and things."

-- Big Bill Broonzy