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Welcome to earlyblues.com, one of the longest running blues sites on the net, where you will find a vast range of blues material: the 'UK Blues Festival Diary', blues festival photographs and reviews, blues tours and gigs, artist and band interviews, essays and articles, reference lists, recommended blues books, CDs, DVDs, and blues radio stations, travelogues, general blues news items, a blues shopping mall, blues recipes, blues resting places, links to other blues sites, discussion forums and guestbook views. Be sure to visit often as the site is updated very frequently. Looking for a specific blues artist or band, check this out first: Blues Artists & Bands Index - indexing all artists & bands on the 'earlyblues' website The NewsStand - all sorts of snippets from the blues world. |
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| UK BLUES FESTIVALS NOTICEBOARD Newark added Updated: Linton Music Festival 2009 - photos by Alan White Coming soon: BluesWater Festival 2009 - photos by Ian Zirins Updated: Warrington Rhythm & Blues Festival - photos by Alan White Updated: 21st Burnley National Blues Festival 2009 photos by Alan White Updated: Maryport Blues Festival 2008 - photos & reviews by Alan White & Courtland Bresner Check out: Appleby Beer & Blues Festival 2008 - photos by Alan White by Alan White and Steve Wosket Updated: Upton Blues Festival 2008 - photos by Alan White and Phil Richards Check out: 20th Burnley National Blues Festival 2008 - photos by Alan White photos by Alan White Check out: Upton Blues Festival 2007 - photos of the floods and the street party! Check out: All the photos and reviews of major UK Blues Festivals over many years from Alan White, Steve Wosket, Courtland Bresner, Paul Webster, Carl DeAbreu, Phil Richards, Liz Aiken, Ian Zirins & Tony Higgins |
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| UK BLUES TOURS AND GIGS NOTICEBOARD Check out: BB King UK Tour 2009 with special guest John Mayall - see festivals diary NEW: Stephen Dale Petit's tour with special guest Mick Taylor Updated: Louisiana Red and Michael Messer UK Tour 2009 - photos by Alan White : Barrow R&B Club (Barrow in Furness): Gigs for July / August NEW: Mike Markey & Nick Jones - photos by Liz Aiken Coming soon: Ian Siegal Band - photos from Barrow R&B Club Coming soon: Betty's Blues Band at The Gregson, Lancaster - photos from Alan White NEW: Graham Robinson at The Robert Gillow, Lancaster - photos from Alan White Updated: Khalif “Wailin’" Walter at The Gregson, Lancaster NEW: The Mitch Laddie Trio - photos from Barrow R&B Club Check out: The Stumble play Walmer Bridge, Preston Photos of the Clarksdale Juke Joint Festival 2007 by Bert Deivert Check out: Max's Juke-Joint Blues Club - Robert Gillow Pub, Lancaster every Sunday 4pm-8pm |
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| BLUES ARTISTS AND BANDS INTERVIEWS
NOTICEBOARD Coming soon: Interview with Lightnin' Willie and the Poorboys on tour in the UK summer 2009 Coming soon: Interview with Roy Rogers - Two Grammy Awards and WC Handy Award nominee Coming soon: Interviews with Connie Lush, Mike Sanchez and Otis Grand |
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| BLUES AWARENESS: ESSAYS, ARTICLES AND TALKS NOTICEBOARD Updated April 2009: Dai Thomas's Blues Singers and their Instruments list 2009 Bob Dylan & The Poetry of The Blues - new series of talks by Michael Gray NEW: Details of US Hardback of "Travellin' Shoes" by Michael Gray Check out: The English Music Hall Connection, an in-depth study of the English Music Hall as a strong, non-African root of the blues.Excellent essay from Michael Gray: Ghost Trains of Mississippi. A must for blues fans... Max Haymes's new book RAILROADIN' SOME + updated Reviews by Max Haymes, Michael Gray, Alan White and others |
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| BLUES BOOKS, CDs, DVDs, MOVIES AND RADIO
LINKS Check out: Recommended Blues Books - Blues, Gospel, Zydeco and R&B Highly recommended: Michael Gray's excellent book: HAND ME MY TRAVELIN' SHOES: In Search of Blind Willie McTell + Reviews Check out JSP Records for the new Leroy Carr and Ma Rainey 'Mother of the Blues' 5 CD box sets - both sets compiled and annotated by Max Haymes Blues & Gospel of the African American Vols 1 & 2 available now Check out: Red Lick Records New catalogue now available. Check out: Info about a new upcoming UK documentary: Gettin' the Blues Check out: Blues Internet Magazines Check out some Blues Video Clips (awesome!) Updated: Streaming the Blues - Worldwide Blues Radio on the Internet |
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| BLUES TRAVELOGUES NOTICEBOARD : 'Deep South Early Blues travelogue' : Memphis thru to Clarksdale Updated: Down The Dirt Road 5 (travelling the Southern States) from Courtland Bresner Coming later in 2009: The Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina & Tennessee circuit |
| BLUES RESEARCH NOTICEBOARD Coming soon: 'Slave To The Blues' - tracing secular roots of the blues back to slavery days: from 17th century onwards - a new long term project by Max Haymes, Rex Haymes, Robin Andrews and Alan White. More details soon. |
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This is the original 'Early Blues' Website, first published in October 2000 by Alan White and regularly developed since then with a vast range of excellent material I hope you enjoy. Many thanks for contributions from renowned blues historian, author, radio DJ and lecturer Max Haymes, acoustic blues guitarist and blues instrument researcher Dai Thomas, acoustic delta blues guitarist and gravestones expert Courtland Bresner, master photographer Paul Webster, blues portrait artist Loz Arkle, 'dental expert' Phil Richards, Midlands reviewer and 'blues brother' Steve Wosket, North East reviewer Tony Higgins, Welsh photographer Liz Aiken, and a warm welcome to our latest contributor, photographer with the posh camera Carl DeAbreu.Our purpose is to broaden awareness and understanding of the origins of blues music and to encourage and support live blues music - 'keeping the blues alive'. To do this we: ¨ research, produce and publish blues articles and essays ¨ promote blues books, DVDs, films and Internet based blues radio ¨ promote and support UK blues festivals (with reviews and photographic portfolios) ¨ interview blues artists and bands ¨ encourage budding blues artists and bands ¨ support associated blues societies and blues magazines ¨ maintain this website (incorporating all of the above and the side panel) For the most recent updates see the Noticeboards above. Alan White - earlyblues.com |
| For the record: this is an educational website and no content may be copied for commercial use (see our copyright notice). If in doubt, email me alan.white@earlyblues.com. All the work maintaining this site is completely voluntary (with no financial support whatsoever) coz' we're passionate about the blues and we want to keep the blues alive! |
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Quote for earlyblues.com from Gary Fletcher, The
Blues Band: "Perhaps more than the musicians themselves I think it’s the guys who chronicle the blues, past and present, who keep the blues alive. Without the efforts of those who create resources such as earlyblues.com there would be little or no cohesion between the various elements that go to make up today’s blues scene" www.garyfletchermusic.co.uk |
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The next UK Blues Festival to be featured will be:
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Quote from Paul Brett, Associate Editor,
Music Maker Magazine,
(extract from Blind Willie McTell article): "Blues legends like Willie McTell and Leadbelly are being kept alive by the research and dedication, not to mention admiration, of many people across the world. Either by playing their songs, writing books and articles or hosting and running websites. I would like to draw your attention to one of the very best sites here in the UK... early blues www.earlyblues.com....." www.musicmaker.org.uk |
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Some previous Blues Festivals featured were: (click here for the full festival list)
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