“I want to introduce you to Buddy-from-L.A.” Frank Hicks, the owner of Kansas City’s East Bottoms blues bar, Knuckleheads, softly said to a meager crowd of 30, packed into a room that looked like my grandma’s basement. With a chuckle, Buddy softly replied to the room, “Hi, I’m Buddy-from-L.A.” Knuckleheads couldn’t have seemed any further […]