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Barrelhouse Words: A Blues Dialect Dictionary Stephen Calt Paperback; 320 pages ISBN: 978-0-252-007660-2 Hardback: 320 pages ISBN: 978-0-252-03347-6 University of Illinois Press 2009 Unlike most dictionaries of jazz and blues language, of which bandleader Cab Calloway 's Hepsters Dictionary and the glossary included in clarinetist Mezz Mezzrow 's ...

Inspired by blues legends like T-Bone Walker, Charlie Patton and Big Joe Turner, Duke's guitar work has seamlessly spanned the worlds of jazz, blues and swing since he founded the renowned big band, Roomful of Blues, in 1967.

What: John Alex Mason in concert Where: Grande River Vineyards in Palisade When: Fri., Sept.

This incredible blues powerhouse returns to the Grand Valley! You're invited to a very special benefit for KAFM Community Radio... On Friday, September 4 at 7:30 pm, KAFM presents an evening with John-Alex Mason in Palisade at Grande River Vineyards... Bringing his Colorado-bred blues sound back to the Grand Valley, John-Alex is a one-man blues ...

"St. Louis Blues" by W.C. Handy T here are so many firsts, so many "fathers" and so many "kings" of the blues, one wonders sometimes.

L ike Son House who somewhat proceeded him, Bukka White also called Parchman Farm his home for a while, and also like other bluesmen who "stayed" there too, one suspects that if they actually did call it home, he did so reluctantly.

From his Springfield, Ill., home this week, Johnny Long illustrates his legendary blues sound with a mini-concert over the phone.

L ike Son House who somewhat proceeded him, Bukka White also called Parchman Farm his home for a while, and also like other bluesmen who "stayed" there too, one suspects that if they actually did call it home, he did so reluctantly.

The Delta Big 4, Willie Brown, Tommy Johnson, Charlie Patton and Son House, were not the only thing going on in the evolution of the blues in the 1920's. They were just the most influential, and perhaps the most recorded.

L ike many of the cottonfield laborers, sharecroppers and poor itinerant black people of his time, Tommy Johnson led a particularly rough life.

W e call them the Delta Big Four. These are the guys who are the forefathers of the Delta Blues style.

Though little is known of his life, Robert Johnson's scant recordings left an indelible mark on music.

As a teenager, Michael Lee Ammons signed up for harmonica lessons because he wanted to learn to play a small instrument that traveled well during his frequent camping trips in the Wisconsin woods.

The folk blues song Sitting on Top of the World has been done by so many great musicians over the years that I thoght I would do a post on it.