Kevin Keb Mo Moore

In order to portray a mysterious street-corner blues musician -- a character who is blind yet seemingly omniscient -- in the period musical drama "Honeydripper," multiple Grammy-winning singer-songwriter Keb' Mo' says he did what any blues aficionado would have done in his situation: He went out and bought a guitar. But not just any guitar: a steel-bodied National Sunburst built in the '30s that he picked up from Norm's Rare Guitars in Tarzana and paid for with his own dime.

In order to portray a mysterious street-corner blues musician -- a character who is blind yet seemingly omniscient -- in the period musical drama "Honeydripper," multiple Grammy-winning singer-songwriter Keb' Mo' says he did what any blues aficionado would have done in his situation: He went out and bought a guitar. But not just any guitar: a steel-bodied National Sunburst built in the '30s that he picked up from Norm's Rare Guitars in Tarzana and paid for with his own dime.

Kevin Moore had a dream: to be a pop star, to be a successful songwriter, to make it big somehow in the music business. But it was only when the singer-guitarist abandoned those plans that his dreams began to come true. For that he can blame the blues. The blues were supposed to be an escape for Moore in 1989, coupled with an understanding that the raw country blues of Robert Johnson and Big Bill Broonzy were no way to win record deals or Grammy Awards.

Kevin Moore had a dream: to be a pop star, to be a successful songwriter, to make it big somehow in the music business. But it was only when the singer-guitarist abandoned those plans that his dreams began to come true. For that he can blame the blues. The blues were supposed to be an escape for Moore in 1989, coupled with an understanding that the raw country blues of Robert Johnson and Big Bill Broonzy were no way to win record deals or Grammy Awards.