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really one of the first white women to sing blues. She's 96 now. I've got this huge list of people
and it's all people that have very, very fascinating histories and a lot of rock people from the rock
blues world from when I was a kid. Like, for example, you know, I've got Country Joe McDonald
in there who I saw when I was 13 years old in 1968. I’ve got Barry Melton in there, who was
playing with Country Joe at the time. I've got two of the guys from Big Brother and the Holding
Company that were at that same festival in 1968. I mean, all these kind of legendary people that
have these amazing histories. So I'm really proud of the way that's coming along, and I did one

on Duke Robillard recently. I did Rick Estrin, the newest one to drop, who I've known since like
1974 or something. Oh, God, I mean, I've got so many people it makes my head spin, to be honest.

BiTS: Well, I'll check that out, Mark, and there’s no doubt about it, it sounds like something I
could spend a lot of time listening to.

MH: Well, I was going to say, yeah, if you're in your car, it's a great way to travel is just put that
thing on and just listen to the interviews I've done and they're video interviews. So, in other
words, you see the person that I'm talking to in the video and most of these have been done on
the road because I do all of these in person. I don't do any of them on Zoom. I don't do any of them
by phone. They're all face-to-face interviews. There's still a ton of people I need to interview. I
want to interview people like Billy Boy Arnold and Corky Siegel and who's another one? Portnoy
I would like to interview him because I've known him for a long time. You know, people that when
I get back to Chicago and the East Coast, I'll try to set stuff up with, but that's generally what I've
done.

BiTS: Absolutely fabulous, Mark. Mark. I've got two blues radio shows and a podcast as well, but
nothing of the kind that you're doing. Okay. That's absolutely terrific. Mark, I won't take any more
of your time. Thank you.

MH: Thank you. Hopefully, I hit your shores again in the next year.

BiTS: And good luck with the Blues Blowout as well.

MH: Well, thank you so much, I really appreciate it, Ian.
BiTS: Bye then. Bye.

MH: All right, bye.