"I went home and cried." That was blues legend Bryan Lee's reaction upon being told by Muddy Waters, "Bryan, stay with this. One day you're going to be a living legend." Now, more than a quarter-century later, Bryan Lee is one of the most recognizable blues players to call New Orleans home.
"I'm a blind person," Lee says, "I don't see any color. I got drawn to this music by the feeling, not by the color of somebody's skin."
With the respect of peers like Buddy Guy (who will appear on Lee's next album) and last year's nomination for a Blues Music Award (for Katrina Was Her Name), Lee is not content to rest on his laurels. Instead of seeing his visual impairment as a handicap, Lee feels it has helped him as a player of the blues.
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Bryan Lee will be joined onstage by the Blues Power Band featuring guitarist Brent Johnson, bassist David Hyde, and drummer John Perkins.