Given the current mainstream enthusiasm for bluegrass, do you feel blues music, which is an older form, really, has been overlooked or even misunderstood?
I think that blues has always been a major foundation in pop music, as has bluegrass. It's music of the people, it's fundamental, it's got all the passion and the zeal of great music. And I think blues has been in the past been overlooked in some ways, but I think more recently it's been acknowledged as the great music that it is.