Bobby “Blue” Bland sings about an exclusive party that is open to anybody who has a “broken heart.” This party is not one that you can buy your way into. This party…
Category: Devotions
Why The Thorn
2 Corinthians 12:6-10 In our reading today Paul has an uplifting mood. However even in this elated mode we hear the overtones of the blues in his yearnings. A thorn was given…
Amos Sings the Blues
Amos 7:7-15 In our Bible reading, Amos, the great Blues Prophet, sings a song that no one wanted to hear. This is not a Gospel Song about “Good Times Commeth.” No, this…
Nobody Loves Me But My Mother
B. B. King starts this Blues with a statement that fundamentally reverberates with the essence of Blues. BB says, “Nobody Loves me But My Mother, And she could be Jiving Too.” Now…
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