On White Guys Playing The Blues, and Benny Goodman Practicing Nude

Yes, I drank muddy water--and slept in a hollow log! Um, hmm! I said that I steady drank muddy water, and slept in a hollow log. Ah huh! An' all I wanna do is tell my story on dis here music blog. Oh, yeah! The blues. If you can't play them, you ain't never had 'em. If you never had them, you can't play jazz--is this true? Or just some folk jive passed on down the line? For what all that it entails, I believe it's true and I'll broaden the scope to take in grand (and not so grand) opera. Yeah, I think the fat lady singing the part of Cio-Cio San in "Madama Butterfly" had a working acquaintance with the blues...