“In the fifties, that powerful melancholy force, that Afro-American art form called the blues began to develop into Rhythm and Blues. At first we were stepchildren, but we blew all those other pop artists out of the water. Rhythm and Blues became known as Rock and Roll and, of course, it’s the folk music of the entire world.” - Johnny Otis

Dave Alvin on Johnny Otis, Big Joe Turner & West Coast Blues

Here's an interview we did for the "Every Beat..." doc with the great musician/songwriter  Dave Alvin - who grew up in the LA area and has been a Johnny Otis fan since he was a teenager.



Check out Dave's tribute to Big Joe Turner and
the Central Avenue R&B scene:  Boss of the Blues 
- on the album,  
"Dave Alvin & the Guilty Women" -
available HERE.
More Dave...HERE.