It's nothing like Beale Street when I was growing up in Memphis. It's more like a theme park now. It used to be a thriving neighborhood and I knew many musicians there, but for some reason Memphis felt like tearing it all down. If New Orleans had the same attitude, there wouldn't be a French Quarter anymore. What I get from the snippets of this chat is that you are probably a good, old-fashioned storyteller.
Life is a story and blues is about life.
And when my memory is properly triggered, all kinds of stories can come out. Most I couldn't tell you about here. I think that when somebody hears blues and is touched by it, they become a fan forever. And since blues is not a fad, they won't disappear as long as there are people who want to hear music with feeling. No, for some reason they won't have me.