BB King. Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown. Elmore James. These are some famous names in American blues music. You might have heard them before.But none of those beloved artists made their music on their own. There were supported by many other talented performers.Recently, some of these lesser known musicians decided to record and release their own music.These artists have played for years in bands. Millions of people have heard their work.VOA has been following the musicians for the past year as they prepared their own CD. They call themselves, "Original Legends of the Blues."They chose the name not in praise of themselves but to honor the legendary musicians with whom they played.Eric Demmer performed around the world for more than 12 years with Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown."I was with him up until about four days before he died and it was real hard to see that happen.I felt like it would have been nice to have him around a few more years."
