HIP: This is Carlos Guitarlos, legendary blues guitarist, singer-songwriter extraordinaire, from San Francisco and Los Angeles. Were just getting back at mainstream music and showing you a little taste of some real music by someone whos lived it and actually has over 3,000 songs. You call this living? HIP: (laughter)So anyway, were very happy to have Carlos with us today. Tell us a little bit about Robert Johnson. Well, I never met him, Im not that old, I just look old, but I like his songs. Ive written some songs about him. Imaginary phone calls to him from beyond the graveyard, from a phone made out of human bone. I grew up in Cypress Park (CA) and the reason theres a Gang Task Force in America is not because of Al Capone but because of the Cypress Park boys. So I wrote a song about being ostracized from the neighborhood. My Mom, the only weapon she had against the gangs was not to teach us Spanish, but I was 220 pounds when I was 13-14 years old, so I didnt have to join. So I wrote a song about Robert Johnson called Keep My Hot Tamales Warm about talking to him, saying Im gonna commit suicide and Ill be there in just a minute, so keep my hot tamales warm, buddy. Obviously I didntor maybe its all a bad dream, maybe I did (laughter). Robert Johnson is my favorite, so is Chuck Berry. Theres only two kinds of music that I like, Chuck Berry and B.C. and that stands for Before Chuck, and thats Robert Johnsons music. Arguably the biggest influence on music in the last 72-73 years. HIP: Youve jammed and played with many legends and all kinds of musicians.... Well, theyre just friends. HIP: Yeah, including Mike Watt, Exene, Flea... Yeah, I knew Mike (Watt) when he was in The Minutemen, 21 years ago. They were a really good band,...and then he was in Firehose. A little bit of trivia here, George Hurley was in a band called Hey Taxi! doing new wave music. Sorry George, I know youre gonna hate me now. So every time I see George I say "Hey Taxi!". (Photos appear on screen.) Thats Randy Cohen back there, aficionado of the Blues and the worlds greatest audio engineer. The top of his class at MIT. Thats Exene. She was a singer with Top Jimmy & The Rhythm Pigs. Along with us she had a band called X, and now its Auntie Christ, or auntie somebody...auntie may, I dont know. That's at Top Jimmys wake. I was in a band with Top Jimmy for nine years. Great fuckin singer! This is a picture of John Doe and I. In the background you can see Joey Morales, drummer for (Top Jimmy &) The Rhythm Pigs. Behind me is Johnny Bazz from The Blasters, then myself. And this is a cover from The Bay Guardian a couple of months ago, June 16th or July 16th,. Theres these guys that hold up signs so they can go get dope. So I said, "Oh Im going to make a joke, Im going to make a sign", "Will play for fame or fortune" instead of "Work for food" or "money". I dont carry a sign when I play but I do play on the streets out in San Francisco, with Carl Malden and my backup trumpet player. Continued...