From http://www.highway61radio.com By Scott Barretta
A music as steeped in history as blues does not fare well in this setting. “Why is the blues marginal? Because in America, everything is about what's new, what's new, what's new,” says Copeland, daughter of the late blues-guitar master Johnny “Clyde” .... “I don't have these crazy ideas of being a pop star,” says Copeland, in explaining why she still draws primary inspiration from Howlin' Wolf, Koko Taylor, Ruth Brown, Etta James and other icons of earlier generations. ...
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