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" In the blues, it just takes so long for us to get recognized. "

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" But you know, I still had a dream of being able to go back home and tour. "

" I want to play in a place people want to hear me. "

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" I look in music magazines now and see things on Luther Allison, and my name's getting out there more, thanks to all the good people at Alligator Records and at my management company. "

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" The blues is the foundation, and it's got to carry the top. The other part of the scene, the rock 'n' roll and the jazz, are the walls of the blues. "

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" But my big thing was always the blues. "

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" I focused on how these people became how they were. "

" Me being a skinny guy, I could crawl into the steel pit. "