I think I heard the name Muddy Waters first, then John Lee Hooker.

Eddie Kirkland played with John Lee Hooker for a number of years on all his major recordings, so he has connections to Clarksdale, where John Lee Hooker is from and he also tells a story about a Crossroads experience.

I've always loved the blues, John Lee Hooker, Janis Joplin, Hendrix.

The first band I identified with from Chicago was the Muddy Waters band.

I remember my very first recording. It was on a wire recorder, as the tape recording was only just out but too expensive.

First of all I should explain that synthesizers themselves, I don't consider them instruments, they are instrument makers, because you can program them to be whatever sound you want.