Friday, May 13, 2011

Traveling to T-Bone

We caught up with Tommie "T-Bone" Pruitt in Laurel before he played a gig to add him to Blues @ Home as our 13th living legend.


With more than 50 years of playing the blues, T-Bone is one of Mississippi's truly seasoned blues performers.


We'll continue our voyage across the state collecting photos and oral histories of Mississippi's Top 40 blues legends. Stay tuned to watch this historic series of portrait paintings, oral histories and music unfold.

H.C. with L.C.


We visited 82-year-old blues legend L.C. Ulmer at his home in Ellisville for our 12th Blues @ Home photo shoot and interview.


L.C. shared stories of his long and thriving blues career, which has taken him all over the world and brought him back home to Mississippi. 


He also gave us a sneak peek of his prized 1965 Gretsch guitar just like the one Chet Atkins played...


 L.C. has held many jobs over the years. He's been a janitor and a truck driver. He's picked cotton and cut timber. But, the one thing he has been ever since he can remember is a blues musician.