Some readers here may be interested in a post I made this evening at SqueezeMyLemon, a blues blog I contribute to. It’s all about the importance of a good blues name. A good lesson to up and coming blues players is that you can make up your very own blues name. Just follow these rules:
Start with the name of a physical problem of some sort, like blind, lame, cripple, shaky, whatever one you like.
Add the name of a fruit, like lemon or lime or pommegranite or grapes.
Add the last name of a United States President.
A good real life example is Blind Lemon Jefferson.
If I started playing blues on my squeezebox and needed a good name, I might be:
Limpy Banana Nixon or Clubfoot Grapefruit Garfield or Stiff-neck Apples Carter. Ok, it needs a little work. Back to the drawing board.
27th Street 
And wasn’t there the Cheech and Chong character, Blind Melon Chitlin, which comes close. I have no idea how I remember this when I can’t remember my phone number.
Well, there is a rock band out there called Blind Melon…