Well...I'm 40 this year and I've been listening to the Blues since I was 16. Like many of my generation, I was introduced to the Delta blues by the Movie "Crossroads". That movie changed my life and started a love affair with the music from the Delta that is still hot with me today. The same night I saw that movie, I came home and cut two inches off of a copper pipe sitting in my Dad's shop. I blew the dust off my Sears acoustic guitar (a birthday present, age 14) and started to really be inspired about playing. The Delta Blues has nursed me through some tough times over the years and has helped me celebrate the good times, too. I have always wanted to see where my heroes, Big Bill Broonzy, Robert Johnson, Elmore James, Muddy Waters and Son House lived. I'm hoping this pilgrimage will allow me to pay my respects, get me closer to those great men and infuse me with blues. Look out...the guitar's packed, my beautiful wife is on board and the plan's approved by accounting! We're headed down that highway - destination Delta.

Wednesday, May 19, 2010

Toronto to Louisville KY

Well, my guess was pretty close. We just made it into Louisville at 11:45pm on Wed. May 19. I wasn't feeling too hot this morning, I think the final push to clear my desk and tie up loose ends at work burned me out a bit. So, its lots of fluids for me and Pro-Biotics.
It was a fun day even if I wasn't in top form. We saw the usual stuff and chuckled at the weird names of places down here, like.."Big Bone Lick State Park" (I'm not joking go to http://parks.ky.gov/findparks/recparks/bb/ if you don't believe me).
I learned an important lesson : you can't play guitar in the back seat of a Honda Civic. Yep, I brought my guitar down here to bless it with the mojo of the blues sites and to keep my chops up.
One thing's for sure, I would like to see Kentucky in the dailight, someday. Even in the glow of the moonlight, this hills are a sight to see!
Tomorrow we are on to the real South, Memphis TN...after a brief stop at Jimmy Beam's place in Claremont...What! Thare's vitameens in that thare whiskey.
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