Comments on: The Juke Joint 05.26.2012

By: Ksxroads

Ksxroads — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 01:19:52 +0000

I’ve said that playing the blues is like having to be black twice. Stevie Ray Vaughan missed on both counts, but I never noticed…
BB KING

’nuff said – if BB King don’t mind…

By: john catt

john catt — Wed, 30 May 2012 03:46:11 +0000

Queenie, here at Blue Star Connection we have stayed with the blues because we have so many great friends in the genre, it would be a little easier perhaps if we branched out. I would hope blues fans would welcome a festival trying to make it with blues artist and help us along. We do feature young people and we don’t ask them to play blues, we ask them to help us and to play whats in their hearts.

By: john catt

john catt — Wed, 30 May 2012 03:42:15 +0000

Thanks Mark, its not the first time that someone sees color instead of truth. I hope that I quit before I ever ask an artist to play because they are a certain color. lr78

By: john catt

john catt — Tue, 29 May 2012 15:13:50 +0000

It doesn’t take “guts” to be a critic of what others do for the genre. It does take guts to deal with cancer as a family and as a child. Blue Star is trying to make a difference in that experience. Are there any “blues songs” about children with cancer? The “blues” was done by white and black Americans. To say anyone owns this music is ludicrous and short sighted. If it weren’t for people of all colors the blues would have died a long time ago. Just look at the audience and you can see who is taking the blues to the next generation. If you book music because of color then you are a racist, plain and simple.

By: Mark Goodman

Mark Goodman — Tue, 29 May 2012 12:31:59 +0000

Perhaps you should all look at the lineups from John Catts events of the past. You will see the likes of Zac Harmon, Ronnie Baker Brooks, and Delores Scott.

Anyone who thinks these shows are booked with prejudice in mind, neither know John, nor the blues community.

Besides the fact that you obviously miss the whole point!

By: Queenie

Queenie — Mon, 28 May 2012 23:52:08 +0000

If one does not know the history of the blues,where the songs came from and what the words mean or what it feels like to live them..one cannot truly understand the blues. I don’t down any one for trying to keep the genre alive but Pete Sheridan said the words that so many don’t have the guts or the knowledge to speak.

By: john catt

john catt — Mon, 28 May 2012 22:20:48 +0000

And Im a huge Shawn Kellerman fan.. and have done shows with him. I book shows all the time and over the past ten years and never once booked because of color or gender. Its ridiculous to think thats the right thing to do.

By: john catt

john catt — Mon, 28 May 2012 22:13:41 +0000

you can email me at cattbox@grandblues.org and I can explain it simply. The kindness that Blues Revue showed our cause with all the work they put into this piece is beyond the call of duty. Sorry you miss the point of what we are all doing.

By: Gary

Gary — Sun, 27 May 2012 00:19:55 +0000

Pete;
Maybe if your just puked you would feel better……

You are on the wrong website to be whining…..

I am French Canadian did you notice there was not a single Canuuk in the headliners?

Go rain on someone who cares

By: Sully

Sully — Sat, 26 May 2012 22:11:55 +0000

Hi Pete, we didn’t book the festival but we support it. It is a worthwhile cause for years now and a real grassroots effort. You can contact the festival/foundation folks right here:
http://bluestarconnection.org/contact