Nat Myers:
Oh, yes, thank the lord. Blues continues to be my outlet and my saving grace. I remember this lady down in South Carolina when I was after two-and-a-half weeks bedridden.
She came into my room as I was about to leave and she pointed at the guitar and she said: “Are you a musician?”
And I said; “Yes, ma’am.”
And she was like: “Well, you keep playing on that because that’s going to be your healing.”
I look at old videos of blues musicians I love like Fred McDowell when he was playing in the early ’70s. He died in ’71 of cancer. And I look at him and I see the veins pulsing and him struggling. And I realize that we’re years apart, but we’re in the exact same position. And even despite his — even despite his struggles, he was still playing music wherever he could for people.
I hope one day to be able to play music for people again. It’s the greatest thrill of my life, so…
