Chicago Tribune: Is this the twilight of blues music?

Well-written piece detailing the risk of losing Chicago Blues and what might be done to save it. Please read past the inserted ads and links... the article covers three pages and is worth reading for music, culture AND Blues fans.

http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2011-12-28/entertainment/ct-ent-1228-blues-20111229_1_chicago-blues-willie-big-eyes-smith-david-honeyboy-edwards

It was shocking to me that only 30 people attended Hubert Sumlin's funeral. I would have thought the closest one could get would be the church parking lot, if even that close.

Let's hope we don't lose this music along with its originators, except in the historic sense - my fear is that this writer is right on target.

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