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	Encyclopedia: Big Bill Broonzy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Big Bill Broonzy (1893 or 1898-1958) was a prolific United States composer, recorder and performer of blues songs.
		Broonzy returned to Chicago in 1956 and continued to perform, though his health was beginning to fail; he would eventually die of throat cancer in 1958, and is buried in Chicago.
		Big Bill Broonzy recorded over 350 compositions, and was discovered in the fifties by a young, white, college-educated audience, and spent the rest of his life performing at folk festivals nationwide.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Big-Bill-Broonzy (957 words)

	Big Bill Broonzy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Big Bill Broonzy was born into a Scott, Mississippi sharecropping family on June 26th 1893.
		Young Broonzy had learned the rudiments of the fiddle before his family moved to Arkansas and by age fourteen, he was working for tips at country dances and picnics.
		Big Bill recorded as a solo performer and played on hundreds of other sessions during the course of his long recording career.
	www.100megsfree4.com /deltabluesmn/artists/big_bill_broonzy.htm (490 words)

	Big Bill Broonzy
		Broonzy was able to combine elements of folk, country and urban sounds in his songs.
		Broonzy was born in Scott, Mississippi on June 26, 1893.
		Big Bill also wrote his autobiography, Big Bill's Blues, which was published in 1955.
	members.home.nl /zowieso/blues/bigbillbroonzy.html (317 words)

	Big Bill Bio (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Bill became an accomplished performer in his own right, and, on 23 December, 1938, was one of the principal solo performers in the first "From Spirituals to Swing" concert held at the Carnegie Hall in New York City.
		Big Bill was a stand-in for Robert Johnson, who had been murdered in Mississippi, the week before the concert was due to take place.
		The inference of the text is that it was from Arkansas, but by by late 1938 Bill was established as a session man and as a solo performer in Chicago and within weeks of the 1938 concert Bill was recording with small groups in a studio in the windy city.
	www.broonzy.com /Blues/bigbill1.htm (593 words)

	Big Bill Broonzy -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		At that time, Broonzy was recording for the (Click link for more info and facts about American Record Corporation) American Record Corporation on their line of less expensive labels ((Click link for more info and facts about Melotone) Melotone, (Click link for more info and facts about Perfect Records) Perfect Records, et al).
		In 1939, ARC was acquired by (Click link for more info and facts about CBS) CBS, and Broonzy then appeared on (Click link for more info and facts about Vocalion) Vocalion (later (An endorsement) Okeh) and, after 1945, on (Click link for more info and facts about Columbia Records) Columbia Records.
		During this time, Broonzy usually played South Side clubs, and also toured with Memphis Minnie during the (The decade from 1930 to 1939) 1930s.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/b/bi/big_bill_broonzy.htm (437 words)

	Blues Lyrics On Line: BIG BILL BROONZY (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Big Bill Broonzy [1893-1958], was probably the most important Chicago blues artist in the Thirties and early Forties (that's before the period of "Chicago blues" represented by Muddy Waters, Willie Dixon, Little Walter, Howlin' Wolf a.o.).
		Big Bill was aged 58 when he recorded this blues about race discrimination, not 53 as he sings.
		Big Bill wrote this and recorded it in Chicago on 10 June, 1940 for Okeh.
	www.geocities.com /BourbonStreet/Delta/2541/blbbroon.htm (2239 words)

	Big Bill Broonzy, Mississippi blues musician
		In addition, another source says Broonzy had a twin sister name Lannie Broonzy who says she has proof that she was born in 1898, on June 26.
		Big Bill was the son of Frank Broonzy and Mittie Belcher, who also had seventeen other children (Bruynoghe 9).
		Big Bill Broonzy's book was one of the first autobiographies by a blues man (Big Bill Broonzy).
	shs.starkville.k12.ms.us /mswm/MSWritersAndMusicians/musicians/BroonzyBill/BillBroonzy.html (797 words)

	CD review: "Big Bill Broonzy & Washboard Sam"
		While Broonzy gets lead billing on the album (probably due to greater name recognition), to a large extent it is Washboard Sam who is featured.
		True, Broonzy plays guitar on all tracks (despite liner notes which credit Lee Cooper on the trio sides), but he only sings on four songs, with Sam handling the rest of the vocal duties.
		Broonzy wrote all four of the songs he sings, as well as "By Myself," which is sung by Sam.
	www.trageser.com /archive/music/album-broonzy-washboard.html (450 words)

	William Broonzy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		William Lee Conley Broonzy is born in Scott, Mississippi, on 26 June 1898 (Some sources give the year of birth as 1893).
		Bill begins recording for ARC (subsequently Columbia) in 1932, an association that will late until 1947.
		Big Bill Broonzy dies from cancer on 15 August 1958.
	www.john-meekings.co.uk /wbroonzy.html (250 words)

	MetroActive Music \| Big Bill Broonzy
		Recorded in 1956-57, shortly before Broonzy's death in 1958, the songs on the new release were culled from studio recordings from Folkways Records, live radio broadcasts originating from Chicago's WFMT-FM, and a Northwestern University concert.
		Broonzy as a concert performer was a highlight of last year's three-CD box set From Spirituals to Swing (Vanguard), which featured the historical 1938 and 1939 John Hammond-produced Carnegie Hall concerts that first introduced African-American blues and jazz performers to mainstream American audiences.
		Broonzy had been brought on board at the last minute to fill in for Robert Johnson.
	www.metroactive.com /papers/sonoma/03.02.00/broonzy-0009.html (352 words)

	CanEHdian.com: Big Bill Broonzy
		Big Billy Broonzy was born William Lee Conley Broonzy in Scott, Mississippi but grew up around Pine Bluff, Arkansas, where he learned to play the violin, performing at church and social events.
		Big Billy Broonzy's success continued into the 1950s when he was touring Europe as well as performing in the US.
		Big Billy had a positive influence on many fledgling artists - giving them encouragement as well as the opportunity to be heard.
	www.canehdian.com /non/artists/b/billbroonzy/best.html (295 words)

	Fort Worth Weekly Online -- fwweekly.com \| Music \| Big Bill Broonzy
		He played a huge role in the growth of the Chicago blues sound and was one of the first blues artists to tour Europe.
		Thanks to Broonzy's soaring, rich voice and the recording's sound quality, it feels as though he's singing to you from 10 feet away.
		Throughout, Broonzy laughs half-nervously and half-joyously, tells stories (for some reason, he finds it important to tell the crowd how old he is, to the month), pokes fun at the blues ("If you ever get so blue you wanna kill yourself, this is your song"), and says "Thank you" so often you lose count.
	www.fwweekly.com /issues/2002-08-01/listenup2.html (437 words)

	Big Bill Broonzy - Trouble In Mind Review
		Argueably Big Bill Broonzy is one of the most important figures in blues.
		The reason for this statement is that he had such a huge array of songs that he would play and the musicianship that he demonstrated was literally second to none.
		Although this disc focuses on the end of Broonzy's career it is a fine demonstration of what the man had acheived.
	www.musicemissions.com /display_review/116 (205 words)

	Big Bill Broonzy: Trouble In Mind - PopMatters Music Review
		Their recent release by guitar player and singer Big Bill Broonzy, titled Trouble In Mind, is a solid addition to this vast collection.
		Broonzy's music is best understood within the particular historical context of the Great Migration.
		Broonzy was one of several early migrant musicians that brought Delta Blues and southern country dance music to Chicago and mixed it with the new sounds and experiences of the city (jazz, rags and hokum songs).
	www.popmatters.com /music/reviews/b/broonzybigbill-trouble.shtml (732 words)

	Big Bill Broonzy dvds, dvd, tab, tabs, tablature, chords, guitar, books, videos, cds, dvds (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Big Bill Broonzy's recording career spanned from 1927 until his death in 1958.
		Broonzy was a master of ragtime and country blues guitar whose playing was highlighted by a strong pulsating bass and melodic lead lines.
		Big Bill Broonzy This store built by the folk at HitsQuick, the premium source for legal free mp3 downloads.
	www.avalonguitar.com /artist/Big_Bill_Broonzy (1967 words)

	Amazon.com: Young Big Bill Broonzy 1928-1935: Music (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Big Bill Broonzy probably had his biggest commercial success in the '50s, when he became the darling of the folk crowd.
		Broonzy was a guitarist of amazing ability, highly sought after as a sideman by his peers.
		Although originally recorded in the 1930's.Big Bill Broonzy's music lives on through his influences on todays heros.This CD is a must for any serious acoustic blues musician and is the supplement to Woody Mann's Guitar Learning Video, Big Bill Broonzy.The Liner notes by the folks @ Yazoo Music are equally important and insightful.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000000G76?v=glance (635 words)

	African American Registry: Blues guitarist, Big Bill Broonzy . . .
		He served in the army from 1918 to 1919 and moved to Chicago a year later where in 1926; he made his recording debut as guitar sideman to a number of fl blues singers.
		His mother, who was born a slave, died at the age of 102, having survived to see her son become a world-famous musical figure.
		Bill Broonzy died of cancer on August 14, 1958 in Chicago, Illinois.
	www.aaregistry.com /african_american_history/960/Blues_guitarist_Big_Bill_Broonzy (217 words)

	Rykodisc Catalog - Treat Me Right - Big Bill Broonzy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Big Bill Broonzy took the blues out of the deep backwaters of the South and brought it to the big city of Chicago, shaping an urbane uptown style that was big, bold, honest and very popular.
		Big Bill became famous across America and Europe paving the way for bluesmen to perform in front of white audiences.
		In 1951, broke and broken-hearted, Big Bill left for Europe where these sessions were recorded.
	www.rykodisc.com /catalog/dump/rykoalbums_28.asp (168 words)

	Recording review: Big Bill Broonzy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Big Bill Broonzy learned about music from an uncle who led a small country string band in Arkansas.
		These selections, from 1956 and '57, are from the very end of Big Bill's career, and present his music in several settings: radio interviews, live concerts, and studio recordings made by Moses Asch.
		Live concert performances include the civil rights anthem "This Train" and "In The Evening When The Sun Goes Down." Broonzy died in 1958 and these 24 recordings are some of his last.
	www.rootsworld.com /reviews/broonzy.html (271 words)

	Big Bill Broonzy CD Review
		Approximately 30 minutes of this fine 2-CD set consists of Big Bill Broonzy talking to his audience, but the performance level remains fairly high throughout.
		Disc one was recorded at Usher Hall in Edinburgh in February of 1952 and although Broonzy is in strong and stable form, the preponderance of slow material may be a bit distracting.
		Broonzy's lengthy conversations with his audience are of particular interest as are the informative liner notes.
	www.mnblues.com /cdreview/2003/bigbillbroonzy-tour1952-cr.html (484 words)

	BIG BILL BROONZY
		Broonzy wrote it in 1949; two years later, in France,
		Big Bill Blues, with Danish writer Yannick Bruynoghe.
		Because Broonzy was such a prolific writer and because so many different
	www.oafb.net /once141.html (413 words)

	Big Bill Broonzy In Concert - Big Bill Broonzy
		Big Bill is joined by Graeme Bell & His Australian Jazz Band on this live performance recorded in Dusseldorf, Germany, Sept. 1951.
		As you can hear from the audience reaction, it was a great thrill for the German audiences in the early 1950s to have the opportunity to see an authentic figure from the world of blues joined by a figure from the world of traditional jazz.
		Introduction of Big Bill Broonzy by Olaf Hudtwalker
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	Big Bill Broonzy at Blues With A Feeling (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Big Bill's Blues [Portrait WL 111, 1962] with Memphis Slim,
		Big Bill Broonzy in Concert [Jasmine 3007, April 2002]
		Masters Of Country Blues [1993] Roosevelt Sykes playing at a studio set in 1961; Big Bill Broonzy live at a smoke filled bistro in 1956 and playing on his front porch shortly before his death in 1957.
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	ipedia.com: Big Bill Broonzy Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Big Bill Broonzy was a prolific United States composer, recorder and performer of blues songs.
		Born in Mississippi, he arrived in Chicago in 1924, where he met Papa Charlie Jackson, who taught him to...
		He recorded over 350 compositions, and was discovered in the fifties by a young, white, college-educated audience, and spent the rest of his life performing at folk festivals nationwide.
	www.ipedia.com /big_bill_broonzy.html (415 words)

	Big Bill Broonzy MP3 Downloads - Big Bill Broonzy Music Downloads - Big Bill Broonzy Music Videos
		In terms of his musical skill, the sheer size of his repertoire, the length and variety of his career and his influence on contemporaries and musicians who would follow, Big Bill Broonzy is among a select few of the most important figures in recorded blues history.
		The piano work of John Davis was featured on blues records by the score during the '30s and '40s.
		Willie Samuel McTell was one of the blues' greatest guitarists, and also one of the finest singers ever to work in blues.
	www.mp3.com /big-bill-broonzy/artists/244/summary.html (228 words)

	Midheaven Mailorder \| Browse by Artist: BROONZY, BIG BILL (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		*BIG BILL BROONZY** was probably the most important Chicago blues artist of the '30s and early '40s (that's before the period of "Chicago blues" represented by Muddy Waters, Willie Dixon, Little Walter, Howlin' Wolf).
		*The broad-shouldered BIG BILL BROONZY** laid the roadbed for what would become Chicago electric blues.
		With a career that stretched from the ‘20s through the ‘50s, Broonzy’s pioneering guitar and vocal style transformed from country blues and hokum to a smooth, uptown sophisticated blues sound.
	www.midheaven.com /artists/broonzy.big.bill.html (182 words)

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