Bluesman/roots-rocker Jon Paris laughs aloud when asked about the Senate decision to declare 2003 as "The Year of Blues." Facing the possibility of war, he finds the honor ironic, even though he believes that "it's always going to be great [to have] a general audience recognizing the music, and the amount of history that went into this -- the blood, sweat, and tears that went into creating the blues." On the other hand, he warns, "the world has the blues, and there still are a lot of... More >>>