They used to have this thing down on 1st Av. in downtown Nashville, called Festival of Lights. I first saw Keb' Mo' play that stage one scorching hot Summer night in 1996. I remember thinking at the time- that's it, right there. He was to Robert Johnson, what our bunch was to Bill Monroe. He had him, to the note, to the smallest detail, and was destined to carry that music forward. I talked to him about it after his set, and not long after that, I had the complete set of Robert Johnson's recordings. To this day, there is seldom a show goes by I don't do at least one of them, and hat-tip to Ol' Bob.
