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David Mutti Clark
“And here's to the blues, the real blues鈥� where there's a hint of hope in every cry of desperation.”
David Mutti Clark, Professor Brown Shoes Teaches the Blues

David Mutti Clark
“The music echoes in the emptiness. It reminds us where we came from and where we鈥檙e bound.”
David Mutti Clark, Professor Brown Shoes Teaches the Blues

Taj Mahal
“I apply the warrior energy to the blues by tapping into the ancient job of the griot class.That wasn鈥檛 a job you did because someone said you had to do it;you did it because that鈥檚 what you did.
It was your right as a person.In terms of warriorship,you had to stand up and do what was right,what you were born to do鈥︹€�
In warriorship you have to be very present,very aware of where you are,where you鈥檝e been and where you鈥檙e going.
Part of what a warrior does,the compassion and generosity of warriorship,is to get the door open and hold it open for other people to come through.That means the warrior is often out there alone.
Sometimes the door closes behind you and you don鈥檛 know it happened.Then you have to stop,put the guitar down,go back and get a wedge,and get the door open again,so..people can hear the music. You can鈥檛 be afraid,no matter what鈥檚 going on.鈥�
Taj Mahal

Autobiography of A Bluesman”
Taj Mahal

David Mutti Clark
“We start our lives with blues . . . with music. It's our first language. It's the rhythm of the womb. It's your mama's heartbeat inside your head.”
David Mutti Clark, Professor Brown Shoes Teaches the Blues

“In the pursuit of greater equality in our education system, from K to PhD, technology access, print literacies, and verbal skill all collide as requirements for even basic participation in an information-based, technology-dependent economy and society.”
Adam J. Banks

David Mutti Clark
“You got infinite channels and limitless rhymes, but the riddles of livin' stay undefined?”
David Mutti Clark, Professor Brown Shoes Teaches the Blues

Nikki Skies
“I preserve my world
in journals so my children
can eat without me”
Nikki Skies

David Mutti Clark
“There鈥檚 something lyrical about an eternal truth. It鈥檚 a graceful riff. A free-flowing melody. Light and airy, it floats all around you. And when it lands on your ears, when you hear it for the first time, you instantly recognize it鈥� because it鈥檚 like bumping into an ageless, best friend.”
David Mutti Clark, Professor Brown Shoes Teaches the Blues

David Mutti Clark
“And a ride in a hearse tells us we鈥檙e all close to that final cruise . . . when the body dies and we move on. It鈥檚 just the body, man. It鈥檚 just the body. The soul鈥檚 already gone. So don鈥檛 be afraid of a dead body absent a soul. It鈥檚 empty, man. No resident. What you need to worry about is a living body that鈥檚 lost its soul. Now that is scary, man.鈥� - Funk N. Wagnalls, owner of the Grim Reapers auto lot, a character in Professor Brown Shoes Teaches the Blues.”
David Mutti Clark, Professor Brown Shoes Teaches the Blues

David Mutti Clark
“Your muse ain't singin' on your MTV? Can't even see him on your HD TV?”
David Mutti Clark, Professor Brown Shoes Teaches the Blues