“Mr. Blue Shoes,” as Michael Dyson likes to refer to himself, is taking some creative new steps.

Michael, who along with his father Jeff, won a Grammy Award in 2008 for Last of the Great Mississippi Delta Bluesmen: Live in Dallas, will jump away from the non-profit Blue Shoe Project and stride into his own solo career.  A few years ago, the Colleyville father-and-son team created The Blue Shoe Project, a local nonprofit organization to bring the blues to classrooms across Texas. The project’s success has been marked not only by a Grammy Award, but also by hundreds of school children being educated about an American art form.

But now the son has left dad to wear the blue shoes, as Micheal transforms himself into “Michael D” to launch his performing and recording career. No one’s singing the blues, though, because Michael will remain an active supporter of the group and its advisory board.

Check out the arts group’s latest ventures at www.blueshoeproject.com