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Oct 23, 2009 | All About Jazz

Barrelhouse Words: A Blues Dialect Dictionary

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 ...

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Related Topix: Blues, Barrelhouse, Illinois, Cab Calloway, Jazz

Fri Sep 18, 2009

Metromix Connecticut

Duke Robillard Band

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.

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Related Topix: Blues, Duke Robillard, T-Bone Walker, Big Joe Turner, Joe Turner, Roomful of Blues, Music, Entertainment

Fri Aug 28, 2009

Grand Junction Free Press

Blues fans rejoice

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

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Related Topix: Blues, Entertainment

Tue Aug 11, 2009

KAFM Grand Junction

John-Alex Mason

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 ...

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Related Topix: Colorado, Blues, Robert Johnson

Sat Aug 08, 2009

Lake Tahoe Real Estate

Song of the Day: He Who Found the Blue Note First

"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.

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Related Topix: Blues, Son House, Blind Lemon Jefferson, Blind Blake, Ma Rainey, Alabama

Tue Aug 04, 2009

Lake Tahoe Real Estate

Song of the Day: A Hobo, a Baseball Player, a Fighter, a Bluesman

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.

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Related Topix: Blues, Son House, Bukka White, Memphis, TN Metro, Aberdeen, MS, Libraries

Sat Aug 01, 2009

ReporterHerald.com

Bluesman Long brings 'healing' music back to Bas Bleu

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

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Related Topix: Springfield Metro, Blues, Entertainment

Thu Jul 30, 2009

Lake Tahoe Real Estate

Song of the Day: A Hobo, a Baseball Player, a Fighter, a Bluesman

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.

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Related Topix: Blues, Son House, Bukka White, Memphis, TN Metro, Aberdeen, MS, Libraries

Mon Jul 27, 2009

Lake Tahoe Real Estate

Song of the Day: On Top of the World w the Mississippi Shieks

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.

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Related Topix: Mississippi, Blues, Son House, Jackson Metro, Jackson, MS, A Face in the Crowd, Drama Movies

Fri Jul 24, 2009

Lake Tahoe Real Estate

Song of the Day: All Tommy Johnson wanted was a Drink of Cool Water

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

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Related Topix: Blues, Son House, Robert Johnson, Terry, MS, Canned Heat

Wed Jul 22, 2009

Lake Tahoe Real Estate

Song of the Day: Future Blues from one of the Delta Big Four

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

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Related Topix: Blues, Robert Johnson, Muddy Waters, Son House, Clarksdale, MS, Robinsonville, MS

Tue Jul 14, 2009

National Public Radio

Mississippi Delta Blues: American Cornerstone

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

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Related Topix: Robert Johnson, Blues, The Rolling Stones, Pop/Rock, Jazz, Cassandra Wilson, Charley Patton, Canned Heat

Fri Jun 26, 2009

WisInfo

Sheboygan band taking the blues to Summerfest

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.

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Related Topix: Sheboygan Metro, Sheboygan, WI, Blues, Muddy Waters, Robert Johnson, Blind Lemon Jefferson

Tue May 19, 2009

SqueezeMyLemon

Blues Song in the Spotlight - Sitting on Top of the World

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.

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Related Topix: Top-of-the-World, AZ, Blues, Mississippi Sheiks, Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys, Country, Howlin' Wolf

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