Having a visual element to your band is a good thing.

Experience is definitely the high road once driven. It actually enhances the songwriting and song sourcing process.

Lightnin' Hopkins taught us, "the rubber on a wheel is faster than the rubber on a heel" and Muddy Waters taught us "you don't have to be the best one; just be a good 'un" .. that just about says it all, always strive to be a good 'un.

If you're really looking for something in particular, it helps to take your time.

Until you learn to play what you want to hear, you're barking up the wrong tree.

It's important to collect unusual characters. It keeps you sharp.

Lightnin' Hopkins was something of a fixture on the Houston coffee house scene so we were witness to eccentric blues brilliance close up. Then, believe it or not, along came the wave of the English cats like John Mayall, Eric Clapton and the Stones embracing the great American art form - the blues.