This is what Augusta Heritage Blues Week used to be like. Don't know how it is recently, but so many of these ol' guys have passed - including John Jackson and John Cephus.
Jackson had a way of talking that was musical, too. ---------- The Iceman
What really struck me was the recollection of the music being such a vibrant, natural arising out of the local community life. I have no idea if this is still the case anywhere. The focus was not at all on the commercially successful musicians of the era. It is a reminder to me that for thousands of years, if you heard music, there were musicians present (no radio,no recordings), so there were probably more musicians to fill that need. You didn't have to be among the best (in the state/country/world)to be heard. I guess I relate to that as a very local musician -- I'm more interested in being successful in the community than in keeping up with the cutting edge of the instrument from a larger perspective. I'm not saying this is the "right way" -- just formulating/discovering how I think/feel about this. (I did however travel to Augusta a few years ago -- it was while John Cephus was still around -- fun! Very little sleep!)
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