Seeing the blues.

[smOKe013]

I had this idea while watching a documentary about the life of Muddy Waters. How could I capture the essence of how "the blues" makes me feel in the form of an image? This was my first attempt...

Now, I'm interested in hearing thoughts about how I may capture the essence of blues while making it glamourous. Any and all ideas will be considered.

[jackell]

A hot woman, Both good looking and all southern summer sweaty, in a well worn blue dancing dress, sitting alone at a table in an old, rundown bar with an empty bottle of burbon and a full ashtray on the table. preferably with a jukebox or one guy (in a suit, hat and shades) largely out of focus in the background playing guitar.
Really needs a PBR neon sign too.
Next assignment?

[smOKe013]

You're one Hell of a writer. My shutter finger tripped uncontrollably as I read the last word of your post.

[jackell]

thank you.
It's what I do.

[jford]

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how I may capture the essence of blues while making it glamourous.

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Not sure you can. While Jack's eloquence captures the popular media's essence of the blues perfectly, your shot is much more what blues seem to really be.

Single best book I know is Robert Palmer's (no, not THAT Robert Palmer, the other one, the blues historian) "Deep Blues."

Nice shot, btw.

[jackell]

To paraphrase a pretty darned good movie...

"The blues ain't nuthin'... except a good man feelin' bad."

[smOKe013]

THank you for the kind word.

[smOKe013]

Ha. If that's the case, I've had the blues my whole life.

[stevenD]

not really

[Al_Nowak]

Let me throw in my interpretations of the theme...

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