6. Barbara Newman: The Blues Foundation

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As the great Willie Brown once said to Eugene, “The blues ain’t nothing but a good man feeling bad. “ This week on N2M we have Barbara Newman on the podcast. Barbara is the President and CEO of the blues foundation. A membership based organization that is Memphis based and world renowned whose mission is to preserve blues heritage, celebrate blues recording and performance, expand worldwide awareness of the blues, and ensure the future of the uniquely American art form. I recently chatted with Barbara while driving 85 down an interstate about the state of blues both the past and future as well as the present plans of the foundation. For any fans of the flat 7 and flat 3rd this is a episode for you. So sit back, congratulate yourself for resisting that Cinnabun at the last truck stop the exits for Milan and Nutbush are just ahead on this weeks episode of Nashville to Memphis. Now that we know that Ralph Machio ain't even the beginning of a pimple on the "Late Great" Robert Johnson's ass! Go check out AND join the blues foundation at https://blues.org/. Opening quote clip from the movie Crossroads. You should go watch it! - https://itunes.apple.com/us/movie/crossroads-1986/id291438228