Mike Mallon - Lazy Mike & the Rockin' Recliners In 2014 I started taking photographs of musicians at Blues Festivals, Jams and other Blues events on Vancouver Island. Little did I know that it would turn into one of the most passionate endeavours of my life. Fast forward to 2021 and you will find that I have been working on a Blues book about the contemporary Blues scene of Vancouver Island with more than twenty interviews of prominent artists now transcribed. We are one year into Covid and much has changed in the live music industry. I have been wondering whether I should even continue working on the book. My energy for this project has ebbed and flowed, mostly ebbed. I was on the verge of shelving the entire project and when I consulted with my steady collaborator, Andrew Brown of Barely North Entertainment, he suggested that I consider posting small sections of what would be the book into a blog format for now. That felt less formidable and so here is my first post. My pers...