11 March 2015

Blues Foundation Corporate Member | E-H Records LLC

E-H Records LLC is a corporate Member to the Blues Foundation located in Memphis Tennessee. I will see the “Blues Hall of Fame” open with my own two eyes this year.

I am looking forward to seeing fans, friends, writers, radio plus the many singers and musicians I have looked up to for so long. Have a look at the Blues Foundation mission statement from http://Blues.org website:

” The Blues Foundation is Memphis-based, but world-renowned as THE organization dedicated to preserving our blues music history, celebrating recording and performance excellence, supporting blues education and ensuring the future of this uniquely American art form. Founded in 1980, The Blues Foundation has 4100 individual members and 200 affiliated local blues societies representing another 50,000 fans and professionals around the world. Its signature honors and events–the Blues Music Awards, Blues Hall of Fame, International Blues Challenge and Keeping the Blues Alive Awards–make it the international center of blues music. Its HART Fund provides the blues community with medical assistance. Blues in the Schools programs and Generation Blues scholarships expose new generations to blues music. Throughout the year, the Foundation staff serves the worldwide Blues community with answers, contact information and news. – See more at: http://www.blues.org/mission/#sthash.Pz15pw8C.dpuf”

Seven Points to remember for the “Preservation of the Blues:”

The Blues Hall of Fame (May 2015)
The HART Fund (medical help)
Blues Music Awards (BMA)
International Blues Challenge (IBC)
Keeping the Blues Alive Awards (KBA)
Blues in the Schools
Generation Blues (scholarship program)

My mentor and fellow songwriter Barrett Strong and I together after a gig in Detroit. Barrett is also part of E-H Records in an advisory roll and has a membership through us. Barrett’s home town is West Point, Mississippi and will be honored with a bronze marker designation for the “blues highway” of amazing historic song writers and producers!