LIVING BLUES LETTERS

IN LIVING BLUES #87
JULY 1989

Dear Friends The summer festival season is upon us, which means I actually go get to bake in the sun AND hear blues, too. Goodbye to the bars for a few weeks...

IN LIVING BLUES #86
MAY 1989

Dear Friends, For some reason one of my last letters never connected with LIVING BLUES, so I missed out on the issue before last. Then the last issue was tak...

IN LIVING BLUES #85
MARCH 1989

Dear Friends, I won’t be reminiscing this time. This story won’t wait...I just returned from Washington from a most strange event. It was an Inaugural R&...

IN LIVING BLUES #83
NOVEMBER 1988

Dear Friends, Because I had to rush out my last LB letter before going on a series of overseas tours all my news is a little late. By now I hope you've all r...

IN LIVING BLUES #82
SEPTEMBER 1988

Dear Friends, As I get ready to leave for the airport to head for Japan with Albert Collins and the Icebreakers and Lil’ Ed, I suddenly remember I promised t...

IN LIVING BLUES #81
JULY 1988

Dear Friends, Just got back from San Francisco, where I was mixing a new album with an old favorite--Elvin Bishop! You old fogies (like me) will remember Elv...

IN LIVING BLUES #80
MAY 1988

Dear Friends , Seems harder and harder to find time to write these. In a few minutes I’m off to the studio to remaster Maurice John Vaughn’s "Generic Blues''...

IN LIVING BLUES #79
MARCH 1988

Dear Friends, Irony strikes. Last time, I was telling you about the awful train wreck that the Son Seals band and I were in while touring Norway in 1978. Now...

IN LIVING BLUES #78
JANUARY 1988

Dear Friends, I'm just back from two whirlwind trips to Europe, first to the Utrecht Blues Festival in Holland with Lil’ Ed & The Blues Imperials, then t...