An extended conversation about blues, race, brotherhood, and the meaning of America in the summer of 2020, sponsored by the Common Ground Committee. With (clockwise from top left), Gail Russell Chaddock, Bruce Bond, Sir Rod Patterson, and Adam Gussow.
Chaddock is the politics editor and deputy Washington chief of the Christian Science Monitor.
Bruce Bond is the founder and CEO of the Common Ground Committee.
Rod Patterson, an Atlanta-area performer and anti-bullying crusader, is the lead singer for Sir Rod & The Blues Doctors.
Adam Gussow, a professor of English at the University of Mississippi and author of books on the blues (including the forthcoming "Whose Blues? Facing Up to Race and the Future of the Music"), plays harmonica and drums for Sir Rod & The Blues Doctors.
COME TOGETHER, the debut album by Sir Rid & The Blues Doctors, has just been released.