Buddy Shute has been a fixture on the Northwest Arkansas blues scene for many, many years. This year he and Mark McGee (often described as the best harmonica player in the Ozarks) traveled to Memphis to represent Fort Smith in the Riverfront Blues Challenge.
Buddy Shute has been a fixture on the Northwest Arkansas blues scene for many, many years. This year he and Mark McGee (often described as the best harmonica player in the Ozarks) traveled to Memphis to represent Fort Smith in the Riverfront Blues Challenge. Shute, along with his band Buddy Shute and the Motivators comprised of Brenda Baskin on vocals, McGee on harmonica, Steve Baskin on bass and vocals and T.J. Gates on drums stopped by the Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette podcast studio for a quick interview and a few songs from their new EP, "You Gotta Move." Here is an excerpt from the interview with Buddy Shute.