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The book Hellraiser, The
Autobiography of the World's Greatest Drummer
is the story of a wartime London
kid, raised in Eltham, who didn't shine at school but discovered
he had a God-given flair for percussion, who flourished in half
a dozen Fifties jazz bands, achieved massive if short-lived fame
in the rock'n'roll Sixties, injected tidal waves of dangerous
narcotics, enjoyed the company of numerous "tasty chicks"
and found peace on horseback in early middle age. Who? Ginger
Baker...
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Nineteen individuals and
organizations
will be honored with The Blues
Foundation's 2010 Keeping the Blues Alive (KBA) Award during
a recognition brunch at the Downtown Doubletree Hotel Saturday,
January 23rd, 2010, in Memphis, Tennessee. The Keeping the Blues
Alive Awards recognize the significant contributions to blues
music made by the people behind the scenes...
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There are a lot of little
mysteries
that surround the life of Delta
blues legend Robert Johnson. The bluesman's final resting place,
for instance, is claimed by three different gravesites with markers.
One thing that is certain about Robert Johnson is his birthplace
in Hazlehurst, Mississippi. Johnson was born in a house built
by his stepfather Charles Dodds, a furniture maker that was relatively
prosperous for an African-American in the early 1900s. Copiah
County, Mississippi officials are attempting to raise $250,000
to restore the 1500-square foot house, which had fallen into
disrepair before coming into the county's ownership...
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Chittlin´ circuit
is a blues -and southern soul
magazine published by a gang of enthusiasts in Pensacola, Florida.
In vol.6/issue 1 Unckle Eddie is featured, further more Denise
LaSalle and the New Orleans-musician Ernie Vincent...
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No 31 is Big Joe Turner:
with the album Boss of the
Blues (1955). It´s the Brittish newspaper The Telegraph
that have made suggestion "100 best jazz recordings"
and one of the artists is Big Joe Turner: a giant of a man, with
an enormous cavernous voice, Turner is on majestic form for this
session, which becomes a summation of the musical tradition of
his native town, Kansas City...
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No 31 on
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Rhythm 'n blues drummer
Matti Oiling has passed away.
He died peacefully at a Fuengirola hospital in Spain on Thursday,
5 November 2009. Oiling, leader of the Oiling Boiling Rhythm
'n Blues Band, was Scandinavia's, let alone his native Finland's,
leading drummer in the roots music field. Oiling was 66 years
old.Matti Oiling was best known as the leader of the Oiling Boiling
Rhythm 'n Blues Band. They backed a whole list of vocalists including
Blues Mama Brown Sugar Dixon and Caron Barnes, as well as top
Finns Pepe Ahlqvist and Eero Raittinen.
In addition to club concerts, the group often performed in churches.
The highlight of Oiling's recording career was "Hip-Hop-Boogaloo-Blues"
(2001), an album canned with Blues Mama Brown Sugar Dixon. It
was the first-ever
Scandinavian rhythm 'n blues album to reach the Gold Disc limit
(a minimum of 20,000 units sold).
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The annually Christmas Blues
Party
is comin´up in Eslöv
Friday December 25 at Eslöv Civic Hall. On stage (as usual)
Ralph & the big bang group with friends...
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Ralph and
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First Blues Library in Sweden
In collaboration with the City
of Eslöv and the Association of Blues in Eslöv the
main library have opend a blues department.
The blues department is designed
by decorator/artist Christian Lefévre and contain books,
magazines, CD:s, DVD:s etc. The standing exhibition is photos/posters
from the festival in Eslöv. There are a room for small concerts,
lectures and other suitable (blues) activities. Mon-Thu 10–19,
Fri 10–18 and Sat 10–14. Address: Norregatan 9 (Box
255) SE-241 24 Eslöv. Contact: +46(0)413-62600 or e-mail
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The Blues Library
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Congratulations
to piano player Georg Schroeter
and harmonica player Marc Breitfelder who won the German Blues
Challenge/Baltic Blues Challenge 2009 in Eutin, Germany. The
competition was held Fri 30 and Sat 31/10 and promoted by the
Baltic Blues Association and the American Blues Foundation. The
duo won the the first price "German Blues Challenge ",
the "Winners Prize of the audience" and the "Baltic
Blues Challenge ". Grand slam in other words! German Hootin´
The Blues won the price as the best band. Second price went to
Swedish duo Steve Grahn/Mattias Malm. They all will go to the
International Blues Challenge in Memphis 2010 in January...
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Marc and Georg
and Steve and Mattias will travel to USA |
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Dr Feelgood live in Eslöv
on You Tube. Happy Days for
everybody diggin´ the Doctor´s...
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At You Tube
you can check out Marc Breitfelder
and Ralph & the big bang group playing together at Blues
festival in Eslöv...
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Pics from
Blues festival in Eslöv
2009 are published on the Archives...
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When it comes to American
music
all roads lead to the Deep
South. There’s no better way to understand the life of Deep
South USA than to take a tour through its musical landscape –
soulful blues, brassy jazz, country twang, Cajun accordions,
riverboat calliopes and gospel choirs. Check out the The Deep
South website offers...
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Photographer Dick Waterman
exhibit his vast catalog created
over 45 years of photographing music legends...
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John Lee and
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M for Mississippi
is a road movie that explore
the thriving underbelly of a dying American art form in the land
where it began – Mississippi. Planned as a weeklong journey
through the birthplace of the blues, M for Mississippi seeks
to capture the proverbial “real deal” in its home where
it is most comfortable and authentic – the jukes, the front
yards, the cotton fields...
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Blues music
in its early days, was often
regarded as vulgar and primitive, not worthy of serious attention.
Later, the early musicians came to be regarded as creators of
folk art who had been exploited by the business.
In recent years, there's been a countercurrent that claimed these
musicians were just like any other of their era, folks who played
what they did simply because it could earn them money.
Blues scholar/author Paul Oliver
doesn't opt for sexy theories or easy explanations. He has spent
decades documenting the music, and Barrelhouse Blues, his latest
work, is designed as a response to The Negro and His Music, a
1936 work by the noted Harlem Renaissance figure Alain Locke.
Oliver examines how Locke classified
music according to style and geography. In an effort to answer
questions Locke raised, Oliver focuses on recordings that record-company
representatives made on location in the South in the 1920s and
1930s.
Ultimately, Oliver's book serves
as a reminder of the strains and disparate personalities that
make up the culture of blues music, as well as the hit-or-miss
nature of who and what came to be recorded for posterity. (The
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Deep Sea Blues
is a 118-minute film about
the January 2007 Legendary Rhythm & Blues Cruise to the Caribbean
starring Taj Mahal and the Phantom Blues Band, The Fabulous Thunderbirds,
Buckwheat Zydeco, Otis Clay, Bobby Rush, Tommy Castro, Tab Benoit,
Michael Burks, Lil' Ed & the Blues Imperials, Mel Waiters,
Deanna Bogart, Ruthie Foster, Ronnie Baker Brooks, Watermelon
Slim...
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The Rock and Roll Hall of
Fame
and Museum and Case Western
Reserve University will celebrate Janis Joplin during the 14th
annual American Music Masters®series this November.
For one week the story of this
unforgettable artist will be exposed during a program titled
Kozmic Blues: The Life and Music of Janis Joplin. In her work
as a singer, songwriter, and performer, Joplin combined the experimentation
of the counterculture with her roots in folk, blues, and soul
music to create some of the most inventive and exciting rock
music of her era. She redefined the role of women in rock and
roll and continues to inspire countless male and female artists
to this day.
The Rock Hall also recently
opened a new exhibit highlighting key moments in Joplin’s
career...
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Janis will
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Focusing on an American
music tradition
the DuSable Museum and the
Chicago Blues Museum join forces to present The Soul of Bronzeville:
The Regal, Club DeLisa, and The Blues. Chicago has many legendary
blues and R & B musicians including Muddy Waters, ‘Howlin’
Wolf, Jimmy Reed, Little Walter, and Buddy Guy that have contributed
to the Chicago blues sound...
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Chicago Blues
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