Photo story: Steve Kolbus the Blues man

Posted on Feb 24 2014 - 1:27pm by Jared Burleson
Steve Kolbus of Steve Kolbus and the Clarksdale Blues Review buskers outside of Blues Town Music shop. Clarksdale, Miss. "I was a big fan of Pinetop Perkins - They used to kid me and tease me and say if I was going to hang around so much I needed to learn an instrument. I wanted to play the harmonica and those were the first guys I ever played with. " Tuesday March 12, 2013

Steve Kolbus of Steve Kolbus and the Clarksdale Blues Review buskers outside of Blues Town Music shop. Clarksdale, Miss. “I was a big fan of Pinetop Perkins – They used to kid me and tease me and say if I was going to hang around so much I needed to learn an instrument. I wanted to play the harmonica and those were the first guys I ever played with. ” Tuesday March 12, 2013

A photo story by Jared Burleson.

Steve Kolbus practices his harmonica in his small home, an empty utility room behind a vacant church in Clarsdale Mississippi.  "I've always placed a lot of importance on having fun.  Most of my life I had a regular job that I worked at real hard.  Whenever I'm not working I try to have as much fun as I can."

Steve Kolbus practices his harmonica in his small home, an empty utility room behind a vacant church in Clarsdale Mississippi. “I’ve always placed a lot of importance on having fun. Most of my life I had a regular job that I worked at real hard. Whenever I’m not working I try to have as much fun as I can.”

A row of blue houses in the blues capitol Clarksdale Miss.

A row of blue houses in the blues capitol Clarksdale Miss.

Blues Town Music shop. Downtown Clarksdale, Miss., Tuesday March 12, 2013

Blues Town Music shop. Downtown Clarksdale, Miss., Tuesday March 12, 2013

Steve Kolbus of Steve Kolbus and the Clarksdale Blues Review buskers outside of Blues Town Music shop. Clarksdale, Miss. "I was a big fan of Pinetop Perkins - They used to kid me and tease me and say if I was going to hang around so much I needed to learn an instrument. I wanted to play the harmonica and those were the first guys I ever played with. " Tuesday March 12, 2013

Steve Kolbus of Steve Kolbus and the Clarksdale Blues Review buskers outside of Blues Town Music shop. Clarksdale, Miss. “I was a big fan of Pinetop Perkins – They used to kid me and tease me and say if I was going to hang around so much I needed to learn an instrument. I wanted to play the harmonica and those were the first guys I ever played with. ” Tuesday March 12, 2013