Jim White's DNA was permanently mutated by blue notes during his tumultuous and hormonal teens when he first heard blues, R&B and doo-wop records on Porky Chedwick's Pittsburgh radio show in the 1950s.
After college, and unable to completely shake that thing, he convinced unsuspecting newspaper editors to let him write about the music of the turbulent '60s.
He bounced happily from genre to genre, covering the music of Arlo Guthrie, Joan Baez, Josh White, Ray Charles, Janis Joplin, Mississippi John Hurt, Grace Slick and others, returning to his hometown of Pittsburgh and the Pittsburgh Press in time to catch the thriving blues scene of the late '70s. But that was so last millennium.
In 2007, he created BlueNotes, a PG blog covering the blues scene, while continuing his day job as an editor at post-gazette.com. Besides the music, he enjoys his family, his dogs, his specialty beers and his '60s flashbacks.
Jim (and his alter-ego, BlueNotes) hope the blog will keep the blues flame burning just a little bit brighter than it would have otherwise, with CD and concert reviews, photos, and just plain old blues musings. And you're all invited to join in, sign up and comment, whether it's your opinion on the latest CD, or a note about where your band might be playing.