i'm here with my friends jimbo mathus, alvin youngblood hart, and south memphis string band at sun studiohat we do is try and honor the local repertoire because it's an important thing to keep that alive. it's the oral tradition, you know. and you're like, oh, well, why don't you just write your own blues songs. well, come on. the blues, the lyrics, the melodies of the blues, they go back, you know, as far as recorded music.