Mississippi is famous!

I guess being from Mississippi and living there most of my life I never thought much about it, but apparently news of our state has reached Argentina. Most of the time when I meet people and they ask where I'm from, they can't find the state on a map, many of them think New Orleans is in Mississippi for some reason, and they usually want to talk about Mark Twain (who's from Missouri). But they all are very sure about one thing, and most of them get pretty excited about it. It usually goes something like this:

Argentine guy: ¿De dónde sos? (Where are you from?)

Colin: Estados Unidos. (United States)

Argentine guy: ¿Qué parte? (What part?)

Colin: Mississippi, en el Sureste. (Mississippi, in the Southeast)

Argentine: Aaaaaah sí. ¡El bluz!

Fortunately I fit the stereotype they have and I do know how to play blues guitar, so I don't disappoint. It has earned me invitations to hear numerous garage bands and to play at several jam sessions - all of them want their band to have the approval of a real live Mississippi bluesman. I find it pretty hysterical that I'm 20 years old and white and they actually think I'm a real live Mississippi bluesman, but I'm milking it for what it's worth. There is a pretty good local music scene in this town - so far I've seen a reggae band, a jazz jam session, and a salsa band, all of which were very good and I met a lot of interesting folks at all of them.

More pictures to come later - hope everybody is doing great.

- Colin