It doesn't take much to be good, but it takes a lot to be real good.
In 1950, the biggest amp you could get was no bigger than a tabletop radio.
Having a visual element to your band is a good thing.
Sounds like the blues are composed of feeling, finesse, and fear.
There's not a single genre that is hard to find or hard to get.
I probably owe as much to Jeff Beck as I do to Son House with connections to the blues.