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I Wanted to Be a Bluesman by David Joseph

David Joseph’s I Wanted to Be a Bluesman is a powerful and poetic tribute to the deep emotional truths of blues music, woven into a collection of short stories that resonate long after the final page. The title story is a beautiful reflection on childhood, music, and the bittersweet tension between dreams and reality. Told through the lens of a boy in a forgotten fishing village, it captures the soul of the blues not just as a genre but as a way of feeling and understanding the world.

Joseph’s characters are deeply human, often flawed, always searching. Whether it is a brother chasing freedom, a record store owner haunted by a musical ghost, or a marriage quietly falling apart over a difference in taste and understanding, each story pulses with authenticity. The writing is elegant, full of quiet moments that speak volumes, and his respect for the blues as an art form is unmistakable.

What elevates this collection is how the music is always there, between the lines, beneath the stories, driving every beat. You do not have to be a blues fan to feel the rhythm in these pages, but if you are, it will hit even deeper. Joseph has written a literary blues album in prose and it is a masterpiece.

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