Ep. 17: CA Waller

“Blues is about the voice,” CA Waller said. “I mean, the very first instrument was the voice. The blues came out of a tradition where you didn’t have instruments, and you weren’t allowed to talk. The slaves on plantations weren’t allowed to talk or to communicate. The only time they were allowed to make noise was in church on Sundays. Talking was not a part of blues tradition, singing was.”
Quote is from the Daily Nebraskan newspaper.