Welcome to the August edition of BLUES JUNCTION. This is the final month of our membership drive.

We do have an all new Recommended Listening feature and a preview of the upcoming San Diego Blues Festival to share with you. We also have several all time favorites up on the top shelf. Remember these features can be found in the archive section of the site 24/7/365.

On the top shelf are three interviews with artists who will be appearing at the 2016 San Diego Blues Festival. They are Big Jon Atkinson, Billy Watson and Nikki Hill. All three of these artists were interviewed some time back and their careers continue to grow and flourish which, of course, is why they were booked at this prestigious event.

Also enjoy an editorial entitled, Attack of the Divazillas. We have three other interviews which have always been fan favorites and those come from Otis Grand, Tony Coleman and Al Blake.

Our Re-Visited feature centers around the great Little Junior Parker.

Back to the question of membership...of course you are a member. You are a member by virtue of reading BLUES JUNCTION. I often feel we are more than part of the same club, we are family.

We are asking our readers to help us maintain the quality publication you have grown to appreciate. Over the past six years we have provided what we hope has been an entertaining and informative reading experience of the like not found anywhere else in the blues world.

Each and every month we have published interviews, editorials, reviews, recommended listening and other features which celebrate the quintessential American music that is the blues, strictly for your enjoyment. We have championed and will continue to champion those dedicated musicians who spend their lives making our lives worth living.

We also believed by taking the road less traveled we would meet others on this journey who share our vision. We have been and continue to be flattered by all the kind words of encouragement. We have found a fan base of readers who also live in this alternative blues universe. Like me, you hear things in this music that others do not. You appreciate this art form for what it is and are not interested in those who are trying to turn it into something that it is not. We have consistently refused advertising from the interlopers and those who have made generous, outlandish offers to be included in the pages of BLUES JUNCTION who do not rise to the standard of the artists we have featured within our pages. 

With all of that in mind, each and every one of you are encouraged to click the Pay Pal button (there is one on the bottom of each page) and make a contribution, that is comfortable for you, to the cause. Any amount is appreciated. Think of it as having a cup of coffee with David Mac or a steak dinner. For those a little more ambitious we will mail you a BLUES JUNCTION T-shirt for donations of 25.00 and up. Please include your size and address in the PayPal comments section.

Thanks in advance for your support. It means everything to me and I hope our publication means something to you. Be well and be in touch.

-David Mac





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