Bluepower - John Rhys

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BluePower Team Bio:

John Rhys Eddins/President and Co-Chairman

John Rhys WHY DO I PLAY THE BLUES?

In 1947 I climbed on a Coca Cola crate so that I could see the selections on my Dad's Wurlitzer juke box. The juke box was located in the night club section of a business called The Flint River Inn, located just outside Cordele, Georgia.

I climbed up there for the first time not knowing what to expect. There, in front of me, was a mechanism that contained a series of flat discs that played music. That music was listed in front of the machine in categories.

There was Country, Popular, Big Band, and way down at the end was a category called "Race".

Now I didn't quite know what to think about that so I dropped a nickel into the slot and pushed one of the selections in the "Race" category.

This music was different. It had a "beat". The snare drum was way out front. The harmonies were velvet. It was a Wynonie Harris song. The man was a monster. As soon as the record started playing, some of the Black folks who worked for my dad, started dancing and clapping their hands. One of the ladies picked me up and danced with me. I loved it. She later told me it was the blues I had played.

Called "Race" because it was predominantly recorded by Blacks for Black entertainment. (Sold mostly by white record companies however).

The feelings I felt that first time I heard the blues, will never leave me. A young man, just come from England to a strange and different land where the only new friends were Black people and their children, built a bridge in my heart. The loneliness disappeared and was replaced by a never ending love of all that is The Blues. The players, the history and the music have been an integral part of my life ever since and I'm sure will be until I die.

Bluepower will be the central gathering point for anyone in the world who would like to learn about The Blues and it's contributions to the American musical art form.

The life and death struggle of a displaced people trying desperately to hold on to a small amount of dignity and some remnants from their past, must be saved for future generations to observe and from which to learn.

But most of all I love the blues because it makes me feel good. It always has.

John Rhys Eddins/BluePower

John's E-Mail: john@bluepower.com