The Blues Blogger

Last year I dedicated one of my first posts called Beale Street: The True Home of the Blues to TheBluesBloggersWife, or TBBW as she is known to the blogosphere. The past year she is single-handedly responsible for guiding us through a very challenging time in our lives. Her incredible focus has generated a new healthy lifestyle for me and the result is a resurgence of creativity and anticipation that I didn’t think was possible a year ago… One of TBBW’s favorite performers is

Nina Simone

I remember listening to Nina’s records in the mid seventies, but my appreciation developed as a result of my wife’s awareness of this amazing and important artist. Simone has recorded over 40 albums with the largest volume of work being released between 1958 and 1974…

Nina has influenced many of today’s modern artists such Alycia Keys, Mary J Blige and Lauryn Hill as well as many others. Her music has been featured on several soundtracks such as The Big Lebowski, The Thomas Crown Affair and the recent Sex and The City Movie.

I could go on and on about Simone and mention many of her meaningful contributions to the music world and the Civil Rights Movement… But so much has already been written by more knowledgeable and credible people than me, that I will refrain from elaborating further. However, if you are interested in learning more about this artist you can click here…

Coincidently while writing this, I was sent a message regarding Simone’s daughter who is a recording artist and Broadway actress. I found her website and music very intriguing and I want to thank my online friend The Fitzinator at SqueezeMyLemon.com for his uncanny timing in sending the information my way. You can find that link here…

For The Past Year

I’ve had this incredible urge to get back to my love of writing. I’ve tried to jar loose some of the memories of my past that I have tucked away for so many years. TheBluesBlogger.com demands many hours of my time, especially on the weekends when so much needs to be done around the house. It couldn’t be possible without the support of my family… I love creating new articles and ideas for posts, and the readership that is growing is just the icing on the cake for me.

So why is it that the most important people you have in your life are the ones that seem to know the least about how you feel? Funny how that works! For the record, without TBBW there wouldn’t be TheBluesBlogger. I wouldn’t have survived nor had the inspiration, because it’s her love and faith in me that keeps me feeling good.

And no … I didn’t write this because I’m in the Dog House… Just credit where credit is due!

TBBW … This one’s for you!!!

All My Love,

TheBluesBlogger

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