I went to the Chicago premiere of the movie "Born In Chicago" which I' had been eager to see.
This is the documentary about the young white musicians who were influenced by black blues men in Chicago.
Nowadays, we all take white blues musicians for granted, but in the early 1960's, blues were supposed to be only for black people.
A group of young white kids, however, were haunted by the blues and frequented the Southside clubs to learn from the masters.
Those kids were Michael Bloomfield、Paul Butterfield、Barry Goldberg 、Harvey Mandel、Corky Siegel、Elvin Bishop、Charlie Musselwhite、Steve Miller、and Jim Schwall.
They improved their skills by sitting in on the gigs of blues legends such as Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf and Willie Dixon. They had played with rock legends such as Bob Dylan, The Rolling Stones and Janis Joplin, but Uunlike those artists, this group of white musicians kept playing root "blues" and later influenced other white rock musicians.
On the opening night of the documentary, Born in Chicago, these "kids" gathered to play together again after about 50 years in a gig named "Chicago Blues Reunion." The audience went wild.
After the screening, I had a chance to talk to the director of the documentary, John Anderson. I told him that I had often wondered how and when white people started playing the blues and that his documentary had answered my questions.
Two days later, I got an email from him saying, "Let's go see some blues and talk more some time."
I was amazed and impressed that such a busy t person l would read my articles and respond so quickly.
In fact, he is the only person who has ever responded to my articles, even though I‘ve exchanged business cards with many people I've interviewed.
This told me something about his character unlike some people in the media who are so full of themselves and don't have time for others except on their own terms.
Then I found some differences between him and others.
Never excuse like "I'm busy,"
Move on quickly to the next step,
Never complimentary,
Always be keen on new information and meeting people,
Never ever show off a piece of stupid pride (overconfidence) even though he/she got Emmy or Grammy.
★
We cannot predict what's going to happen to us in the daily life, but only WE can draw something around us.
Also we can create the chance of an encounter with other people...because if I had not have enough courage to speak to him at that night, we would not have had this night.
BTW, the first song of the night at "Harlem Lounge" was "Born In Chicago" by Muddy Waters.
See? He has something!
This is the documentary about the young white musicians who were influenced by black blues men in Chicago.
Nowadays, we all take white blues musicians for granted, but in the early 1960's, blues were supposed to be only for black people.
A group of young white kids, however, were haunted by the blues and frequented the Southside clubs to learn from the masters.
Those kids were Michael Bloomfield、Paul Butterfield、Barry Goldberg 、Harvey Mandel、Corky Siegel、Elvin Bishop、Charlie Musselwhite、Steve Miller、and Jim Schwall.
They improved their skills by sitting in on the gigs of blues legends such as Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf and Willie Dixon. They had played with rock legends such as Bob Dylan, The Rolling Stones and Janis Joplin, but Uunlike those artists, this group of white musicians kept playing root "blues" and later influenced other white rock musicians.
On the opening night of the documentary, Born in Chicago, these "kids" gathered to play together again after about 50 years in a gig named "Chicago Blues Reunion." The audience went wild.
After the screening, I had a chance to talk to the director of the documentary, John Anderson. I told him that I had often wondered how and when white people started playing the blues and that his documentary had answered my questions.
Two days later, I got an email from him saying, "Let's go see some blues and talk more some time."
I was amazed and impressed that such a busy t person l would read my articles and respond so quickly.
In fact, he is the only person who has ever responded to my articles, even though I‘ve exchanged business cards with many people I've interviewed.
This told me something about his character unlike some people in the media who are so full of themselves and don't have time for others except on their own terms.
Then I found some differences between him and others.
Never excuse like "I'm busy,"
Move on quickly to the next step,
Never complimentary,
Always be keen on new information and meeting people,
Never ever show off a piece of stupid pride (overconfidence) even though he/she got Emmy or Grammy.
★
We cannot predict what's going to happen to us in the daily life, but only WE can draw something around us.
Also we can create the chance of an encounter with other people...because if I had not have enough courage to speak to him at that night, we would not have had this night.
BTW, the first song of the night at "Harlem Lounge" was "Born In Chicago" by Muddy Waters.
See? He has something!
ウィリー・ヘイズ（ Willie Hayes） (ds)
10時間ぶりに会ったBill Sims。この人も元気だなぁ。
Lil' Ed (後ろはカメラ目線のフェルトン）
Eddy "The Chief" Cleawater
Deitra Farr
Billy Branch
John Primer
Johnny Iguana
Felton Crews (bs), Billy Flynn (gt)
Kenny Smith
どさくさまぎれにLurrieと記念ショット！
びっくりしてこんなポーズ
専用のカートで移動中。（乗っけてもらった）
このまま「なんば花月」に出られます
Billy Flynn
