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guitar playing is pretty good as well. And of course, you've just won an award

for singing too.

DS: Thank you. Yeah, yeah, I was very, very honoured, actually, because it's

the first time that they organised it in my country where I come from, it's

Belgium, and it's the first time they made the federation, the Belgian Blues
Federation.

There were, for the first time ever, the Blues Awards, and I won the award

for Best Blues Vocalist of Belgium. So that's quite an honour because it's very

personal because the voice, the human voice is an instrument just like the

guitar and the blues are. But it's very personal because it's your own voice,

of course. So yeah, I was very, very happy with that.

BiTS: I’ve seen a picture of the

award that you got. It’s absolutely

lovely.

DS: Yeah, it's with a blue star in
it. Yeah, they put in a lot of effort

to make it something, and I

appreciate it. The music scene in

Belgium, together with the

Netherlands, actually it's one big

blues scene. We call it the Benelux,

Belgium, Netherlands and

Luxembourg. The Benelux, the

blues scene is quite big actually,
and so I'm very fortunate to be able

to play a lot in Belgium, Holland

and Luxembourg. With my own

band, Doghouse Sam & His Magnatones, we've played in more than 15

countries all over Europe, actually. So it's quite fun being a blues musician,

and there are a lot of opportunities and possibilities to play at great festivals

all over Europe, as the UK festival, which I played recently.