Friday, May 30, 2025

A Blues Journey from the Past

I apologize for the lack of activity on the blog over the past few months.  I'm in the process of retiring from my day job and there's been much to do to get things in order....I've worked there for almost forty years (which seems astonishing to type), so there have been a lot of loose ends to tie. 

Hopefully, retirement will allow me to work on the blog on a more regular basis.  I can't believe I actually kept this up on a weekly basis for so long.

In the meantime, I wanted to share a post that I contributed to another site, The Mt. Zion Memorial Fund.  Several years ago, I met T. Dwayne Moore, who oversees the site and the foundation.  He actually commented on this blog and made some recommendations to improve it and, hopefully, attract more blues fans.  How this post came about is discussed on the linked post to the Mt. Zion site.  I sent the write-up to him several years ago and I think it got lost somewhere along the way.  Dwayne contacted me a couple of weeks ago and told me he was going to run it, so it's now live.  

If you're a fan of the early blues, be sure to check it out.  The post is a look at the roots of the blues in Bolton, MS, home of several significant pre-war blues artists.  Also, while you're there, please donate to their cause if you're able.  It's a worthy one for blues artists of the past and present who didn't get the flowers (or other items) they deserved when they were alive.

Hopefully, you will see more activity at Friday Blues Fix in the near future.  Stay tuned.