The sensational portion of Mississippi Delta region is not the sniper guy running through the empty buildings. Nor is it the Governments delayed initial responseor exactly who is responsible. Or why.

Its the reaching out of soul to soul.

If you read between the lines of what a tragedy it it is, you find stories that make the spirit soar. Most folks that I know feel a sense of responsibility toward those whose family, and homes were devastated by Hurricane Katrina. And so it is these days that people look upon the homeless; the hurt and lost with compassionreaching into their hearts and pocket books in an attempt to help that which can never be truly healed.

At the g-man household all the kids are pitching inand I really mean it. Little Rosie is attempting to give away her top shelf toysnot the junky-missing-a-piece-or-two-stuff but her very best-and-favorite toys. Not Barney thoughno way! No telling what that would cost me on Ebay at 2am with a crying child at my knee!

Kids running boxes down the stairs. The whoosh! of a tape gun. Slamming car doors. We loaded the gman Blues mobile to the roof with boxes and boxes of clothes, toys, furniture, and other necessities and started making drops. The feeling was wonderful! Everyone had this pitch-in gladly attitude. I tell you

Well originally this road report was going to be about my first time on the radio. This week I played at a bar in the city and a local station unexpectedly showed up to do a live remote. "Play a good one" they told me "youre on the air!" Its a dream that most of us rock guys haveto hear themselves on the radio. I thought that Id tell the entire world about it the first time it happened to me. But instead I only told my manager. There is a lot more going on than gman on the airwaves right now. I guess I felt good about it, but not nearly as good as I did loading the truck today. Maybe Ill put off any celebration until we get this humanitarian work done. Maybe Ill never get back on the radiobut I bet I will!

In a way these are exciting times. Im really stoked up about the Woodstock Katrina Relief Concert. If you are in that areayou should be as well. Its going to be big and wonderful. Its going to help a lot of peopleyou bet.

Copyright (c)2005 Gary Wesselhoff

Gary Wesselhoff

BIO "g-man Blues" is Gary Wesselhoff, a solo acoustic rocker with a genuine dedication to Chicago Style Blues. Hailing from the Chicago suburbs, he began his musical career in the mid-sixties during the Folk Rock movement. Playing Chicago coffeehouse scene in the early ?70?s, he hit it off with a couple of other folk rockers and began playing under the name Woodlind. Woodlind wrote and performed their own material exclusively?one point boasting a song list of over seventy-five original songs. At the end of his high school years, g-man and Woodlind recorded but never released a double album of songs at Chicagolands famous "Pumpkin Recording Studio" with producer Gary Loizzo (star of the group "The American Breed" who later became renowned for his production of several Styx albums). Over the years the band members eventually drifted apart.

In college g-man met and began playing with two outstanding performers, Bob May, and Ken Zemanek. The three began playing once again under the name of Woodlind. The band grew in size and following. Ken would later progress on to join American English; other band members Scott Bonshire would join Heartsfield, and Jim Williams hooked up with a country band called Crossfyre. Joey Drada currently plays with contemporary Chicago Blues Royalty.

In the interim, g-man dropped out of the business to raise a family.

In 2003 g-man sat in with some friends and immediately decided to return to music. Quotes g-man "When I returned, I discovered something forceful about myself; I found that I had new abilities that were not present when I was a kid?it?s much more than the synergy of practice and focus. I discovered that I could sing more dynamically, play more powerfully, and write better than ever". He began to chase the blues, and worked a blues harp into his act.

In 2005 he launched his Website: gmanblues.com is a successful Website often with hits from countries around the world. It?s at this site that you can sample some of g-man?s music offerings, and see photos of him in action. Currently g-man Blues is writing an album of original songs that has the working title "g-Force", and he is playing around the city. More information can be found at his website.