To all of my readers I hope you enjoy this time of year. It is all about family and memories. The greatest gift I can receive each year is spending more time with my parents including my in-laws (and I’m not sucking up). As I start to mature and self reflect, I really do appreciate the kind of person that I’ve turned into. I got that way because of my parents and my brother. I am truly lucky to grow up in a home where brilliant people were around me.
When I interviewed Ronnie Baker Brooks a few years back he told me something that stuck with me. Koko Taylor, Robert Cray, Luther Allison, Buddy Guy, his father Lonnie Baker Brooks and other great blues musicians were the staple around his house when he was growing up. If you listen to his music you can hear those influences in his tunes. The way he plays is a tribute to those legends.
Am I doing the same as Ronnie? I don’t feel like I’m there yet. But with each new client I work with and every new creative voice I speak with I can feel the passion rise and excitement flourish through my mind.
I didn’t have a secret Santa this year and what a blessing that was. This is the first year in which I did not buy gifts for my loved ones. Of course I feel choked up that I could not give to the people I love. But that is my commercial guilt speaking up and not me. Have a great day today my peeps.
I shot this last year in Greensboro on Ridgeway Drive. This year more people participated and it is simply stunning.
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1 Ajit // Jan 6, 2008 at 3:21 am
Looking forward to the stuff we are gonna create.
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