How Long, How Long Blues - Bottleneck John
I was born and raised in a small town called Lit in the midst of Sweden(this area is also a junction for several rivers forming a true "delta".. Haha, so I can say I was born on the delta, folks!!). I still live here today.. Music has always been in my life!! My grandfather Erik made my first recordings on an old tape recorder when I was three years old. On the tape you can hear everything from stories of Bellman to ol'timey folk-tunes!! My grandmother Elna's relatives are(were) all awesome and well known musicians and she was the one who got me into singing.(thanks, grandma!). I used to sit in her lap when she played an old pump-organ and sang Swedish folk-tunes of old and spirituals like Swing low sweet chariot and Amazing Grace.. But it seems I'm always drawn back in time and place to the Mississippi Delta of the 1920's and 30's.. I guess this is THE music that touches my soul the most?! It must be, I haven't found any music yet that can compare to ...