The blues doctor.

May 20, Morgantown.

Morning surprise. On the daily route card we find on the truck dashboard when we wake up a change of plans: the town we were to play today was canceled, and as a result we got a day off, out of the blue, and we jumped to the next stop, Morgantown, and another state; the reason for all this is not hard to guess, it has rained on and off all day.
Morgantown is home to an old friend, Joel Beeson, the bluzdoctor, and his wife, Danah, and family. Joel was one of my instructors at the University of Missouri-Columbia in the photojournalism school and has remained a friend ever since through many moves and career twists on both sides. He teaches photojournalism at West Virginia University; Danah is a designer, and teaches there as well. He loves the blues, and all things true. Danah and he are multi-talented, incredibly creative people, they are giving and open-minded, for me they epitomize the best of this country's spirit.
We haven't seen each other in close to three years. I am looking forward to seeing them again.