The Mentor Author:Brian Rowe Midnight, one of Great Britain's most talented rock and roll bands, is at its prime. The band's eccentric leader, Ian Smythe, is arguably Britain's best songwriter of the era. Fourteen years earlier, while touring the Mississippi Delta, Ian met Quincy Quarles, a respected and reclusive blues player. "You gotsta' hab thah blues b'fo' you kin play... more » thah blues." That was the secret Ian learned from Quincy, the turning point in this story. Ian was determined to do whatever it took to become a great musician. Little did Ian know at the time what sacrifice this would require from his mentor.« less