Blues musician says Native Americans have ‘always had the blues’

Blues musician says Native Americans have ‘always had the blues’

His brother, like most everyone else at the time, was a huge fan of The Beatles and introduced a young Tracy Lee Nelson to the band and their music. His early music days were filled with playing punk rock. That is, until he heard the blues. He remembers being in fifth grade, living in Los Angeles, and a teacher asking whether any students were Native American. Nelson raised his hand, and his friends were surprised. They had assumed he was Latino…