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                       .Home of Mississippi John Hurt, Avalon, Mississippi   

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, or try The NewsStand - all sorts of snippets from the blues world. Otherwise browse the Noticeboards below - each one listing the latest updates by category. For a comprehensive list of what's on the site, see the list on the left. For posters of upcoming UK Blues Festivals see way down the bottom of this page. Happy browsing!
Alan White  earlyblues.com

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21st Burnley Blues Festival 2009

UK BLUES FESTIVALS NOTICEBOARD
Updated: 2009 UK Blues Festivals Diary as at 25th June 2009 - 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: Skegness Rock & Blues Festival 2009 - photos by Alan White and Liz Aiken 
Updated: Carlisle Blues Fest 2008
- photos by Alan White and Liz Aiken
Check out:
The Colne Great British R&B Festival 2008 - 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
   
Updated: Linton Music Festival 2008 photos and review 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
Updated: Abertillery Blues Festival 2008 - photos by Liz Aiken
Updated:
Skegness Rock & Blues Festival 2008
photos by Alan White
Check out:
Tenby Blues Festival 2008 - photos by Carl DeAbreu

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
- photos by Alan White
Updated: Louisiana Red and Michael Messer UK Tour 2009 - photos by Alan White
Updated: Barrow R&B Club (Barrow in Furness): Gigs for July / August / September 09
Updated: Lucy Zirins gigs, a very talented young lady who sings the blues with passion!
NEW: Jay Tamkin Band at John Paul Jones Tavern, Whitehaven - photos by Alan White

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:
Marcus Malone - photos from Barrow R&B Club
Check out:
King King featuring Alan Nimmo - Tour photos from Barrow R&B Club
   
Updated:  Ian Parker Band - photos at Barrow R&B Club - including Joyce & Bill! 
Check out: Oli Brown Band, Graham Robinson & Lucy Zirins at Ribble Valley Jazz & Blues Club 
Check out: Blues Caravan 2008: Sue Foley-Deborah Coleman-Dani Wilde-Joanne Shaw Taylor
 
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
Check out: Max's Blues Club - photos from Sunday Session 30th November 08 

Stephen Dale Petit © Copyright 2009 Alan White. All Rights Reserved.

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Skegness Rock & Blues Festival 2009

BLUES ARTISTS AND BANDS INTERVIEWS NOTICEBOARD
Updated: Blues Interviews - full list of exclusive interviews for earlyblues.com
NEW: Interview with Louisiana Red at Southport Arts Centre - now published
NEW: Interview with Michael Messer at Bury Met Arts Centre
- now published
NEW: Interview with Mike Whellans at Burnley Blues Festival - now published
NEW:
Interview with Doug MacLeod at Burnley Blues Festival - now published
Check out: Interview with Stephen Dale Petit at Skegness Rock & Blues Festival
Check out: Interview with Khalif 'Wailin' Walter at The Gregson Lancaster
Check out: Interview with Mitch Laddie at Barrow R&B Club
Check out:
Interview with Gary Fletcher at Upton upon Severn Blues Festival
Coming soon: Interview with ex Rolling Stone Mick Taylor on tour with Stephen Dale Petit

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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Michael Messer, Louisiana Red & Lucy Zirins

© Copyright 2009 Alan White. All Rights Reserved.

BLUES AWARENESS: ESSAYS, ARTICLES AND TALKS NOTICEBOARD
Updated April 2009: Dai Thomas's Blues Singers and their Instruments list 2009
NEW: BluesWeek 2009 - improve your blues skills with classroom instruction
NEW:
'Things They Said' (by early blues singers) - article by Max Haymes 
NEW:
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
NEW: "I Heard The Voice of a Pork Chop" - new essay from Max Haymes
Updated: "Gettin' a Handle on those Monikers" - sources of nicknames by Alan White 
Coming soon: "The Red Man and the Blues" - the link between the North American Indian and the Afro-American, an in-depth study by Max Haymes (well worth the wait!)
Check out: Blues Memories - Recollections of introductions to the Blues 

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
Check out: Jumpin' The Blues - an essay from Steve Pilkington 
Check out: Blues Collage from Colin McNeill
Check out the full list of Blues Essays
 by Max Haymes, Michael Gray, Alan White and others 

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 
NEW: Paul Jones CD with Eric Clapton - new from Collectors' Choice
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
Introducing:
A mammoth new series of blues CDs from Masked Marvel Records:
   
Voice of The Blues:
Blues & Gospel of the African American  Vols 1 & 2 available now 
Check out:
Red Lick Records New catalogue now available. 
Check out:
Cadillac Records movie - the rise of Chess Records & its artists - Wow!

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
Check out: '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
Check out:
A holiday with a difference in Bulgaria with Sean Webster  
 
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.
 

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! 

Quote for earlyblues.com from Dick Waterman
(Photographer, Blues Promoter, Author, and the only non-performer in the Blues Hall of Fame):
"All blues fans are grateful for your wonderful www.earlyblues.com - a most captivating resource for blues fans"  
www.dickwaterman.com

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Quote for earlyblues.com from Ruby Turner:
"No matter what faith, colour, race or persuasion, music transcends"
www.rubyturner.com

"Soul, Gospel, and R&B : Ruby Turner is truly the genuine article. Blessed with a voice that can breathe life and meaning into any song, whether it be a passionate ballad or a fast groove"
- The Guardian

Check out Ruby's new gospel album "I'm Travelling On"


The UK Blues Festival now featured is:

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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

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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If you have any comments, contributions or ideas to help, please complete the Guest Book or email me at: alan.white@earlyblues.com
Thanks.   Alan White

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