The second day on the road we got to visit David Bryant’s small home in Covington, GA.   Music Maker had worked with his mother Cora Mae Bryant for years. His grandfather, Curley Weaver, recorded in the 1930’s and was a Piedmont blues pioneer alongside the likes of Blind Willie McTell.   I had become […]

  Tim, B and Aaron went out on the road last week, visiting Music Maker artists across the South. Along the way they visited artists, worked to help them meet their needs, recorded and documented them, and got caught up on these artists lives. We wanted to share these visits with you – the first […]

In early 2014, Tim, B and Aaron took a road trip through the South visiting Music Maker artists – the first of many such trips planned for our 20th year. These trips allow us to visit artists in their own homes and communities, giving us the best sense of how we can be the most […]

We visited Drink Small today. I first met Drink in 1981 at Warren Wilson College. I used to tour with him in the early 1990s, with Guitar Gabriel. When Gabe died, I received a telegram from Drink giving me condolences. Cootie Stark, a blind bluesman and Music Maker artist, accompanied me on a visit to […]

Listen: “Drink Blues” Drink Small is a classic bluesman – and his “Drink Blues” is definitely a classic Blues tune. This track is one I’ve listened to many times since starting at Music Maker, and it’s always one I’ve identified as something I would have been able to classify as Blues even before my crash […]