“I’m sorta like these old folk singers Willie Nelson and Kristopherson in that I don’t sing great and I’m not the most intelligent—but I am authentic,” said singer-songwriter Sharon “Blu” Walker of Emory, Texas. She is the first artist I wanted to cover for Buddy as I have seen this bold 70-year-old woman playing her bluesy, “heart-hitting” songs in the trenches of east Texas for nearly ten years now, and have always wanted to know her backstory. Much like myself, many listeners have found her captivating as she’s made her name well-known by way of “whiskey and ramblin’” all across east Texas.