“From callow bohemian to weary pilgrim, here’s a little of the journey so far.
The city streets of my boyhood; steam heat rising off the Mississippi; the railroad; grits and gravy; the Cardinals and the Dodgers on the radio; summers in Kentucky and the Ozarks; Jimmy Reed at The London House East, Bobby “Blue” Bland at the Cosmo Hall; Muddy at the Moonlight Lounge and Slick’s Lakeside; the High Plains of east Colorado on a winter morning; the Charlie Company Boogie; all those nights in all those rented rooms; the wind off the ocean; the winter storms; the tough break and the heartache; the dust of Mexico; twilight on the Seine; the evening breeze, the distant thunder, the sweetness of the rain; the light and the laughter in my children’s eyes; the constant struggle and infinite joy of love.”
Jim Byrnes.
Artist links
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/james.byrnes
- Black Hen Music bio (producer/label): https://www.blackhenmusic.com/jimbyrnes
Video links
- Cross Road Blues: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dsJAeUzsHAA
- The Journey Home: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5QFgtN6xO4I
- Walk On Boy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkJvot38VvE
