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Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels: The Soul Of Ryder

Louise Criscione, KRLA Beat, 3 December 1966

MANY TRY but few white entertainers really succeed in singing the blues as they should be sung. The blues which come from deep inside seem to be born — not made. Perhaps that is why you can count the number of true white blues singers on the fingers of one hand.

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