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W
hat do you learn about yourself from
the blues, what does the blues mean
to you?
The Blues means everything to me. It teaches me
the history of the Afro Americans who were first
brought to the Americas as slaves. Blues was given
to my people from the Almighty to deny the lie...that
we were just chattel slaves. Blues is very spiritual and
it will free you or anyone from the existential crisis
going on in all of us.
GZ: At what age did you play your first gig and
how was it like (where, with whom etc.)?
I did my first gig when I was in high school. It was
scary but fun. We were so young and just trying to
imitate the stars we heard on the radio. It was a lear-
ning experience.
GZ: How do you describe Mighty Mo Rodgers
sound and progress, what is your music philoso-
phy?
The sound of Mighty Mo Rodgers comes out of
urban America. It is a Blues sound with R&B and Soul
and Funk in it too. And some mellow sounds also.
But the main ingredient is the story for me. If you
have not lived what you are singing, it ain't real. And
if you have not lived it only empathy...will get you
through. So Mighty MO's sound is the sound of my
people, the Blues People.
GZ: What is the “feel” you miss most nowadays
from the Stax and Muscle Shoals era?
Tell us about your last disc “Offerings"
From that era, I miss the authenticity. Today corpo-
rations control most of the music and it just ain't too