Dear Mr. Broski, Blues is an indigenous true American Art form. Every bit as true blue American as Country and Western, Apple Pie and Bar B Que.
Blues is a part of American history.
A VERY important part. To destroy a piece of American Black history such as a Blues Music historical monument such as Maxwell Street, is to smudge the honor of the Black race and all the Black Slaves that created this music as a reaction to the persecution they received from the white man. The founders and creators of Blues Music and their historical places of community and inspiration should be remembered, preserved and glorified. Other intelligent city fathers around America have chosen to preserve these sites and have generated substantial community tourist revenue and tax dollars to the government, such as you represent. More money for the government.