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  The Blues . Blues Road Trip . Chicago and Detroit | PBS
Chicago's contribution to the blues is immeasurable and its traditions continue in the city's blues clubs and in the enduring music of its legendary artists.
In Detroit the blues are often overshadowed musically by the city's Motown legacy and the bustling blues scene of nearby Chicago.
Detroit's blues prime took place in the late 1940s and early 1950s, just as John Lee Hooker began to make his first recordings, such as his 1948 classic "Boogie Chillen," released on the Modern label.
www.pbs.org /theblues/roadtrip/chi-dethist.html   (978 words)

  
 Boogie Chillun (Metro Times Detroit)
Somewhere out there, where all of the newest blues clubs have been built and where the majority of Detroit blues bands are performing when they’re not on the road.
Because of his interest in blues as culture, he doesn’t mind confessing that he has a problem with some of the more recent blues venues to hit the scene such as the House of Blues chain and various imitations on that theme.
Detroit Blues Society President Ed Schenk is well aware of the cost that has been exacted from so many of the older blues musicians, and the resulting bitterness, but he has a slightly different view of the scene as it stands today.
www.metrotimes.com /20/44/BluesPart2/default.htm   (4186 words)

  
 BLUES
Blue Suit Records is pleased to present "Turn Up The Heat," the first album length release by legendary blues pianist Detroit Junior.
Detroit Junior is a legendary figure in the blues world, a great musician who made his mark nearly forty years ago and continues to play today.
Detroit Junior was born Emery Williams, Jr in Arkansas in 1931.
www.blue-suit.com /blues.htm   (978 words)

  
 Detroit blues - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Detroit blues is blues music played by musicians resident in Detroit, Michigan, particularly that played in the 1940s and 50s.
The Detroit scene was centered on Black Bottom, a Detroit neighborhood.
Detroit blues - Kansas City blues - Louisiana blues - Memphis blues - Piedmont blues - St.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Detroit_blues   (232 words)

  
 CD Baby: ULTIMATE DETROIT BLUES COLLECTION: Ultimate Detroit Blues Collection
Many compilation blues CDs have been produced in the past, particularly by record labels that limit the cast to their own signed artists.
This CD is dedicated to Detroit's Blues All-Stars who've paid their dues for decades in the Motor City and put the "motion" in Motown.
Along the years I have heard hundreds of USA blues bands but few of them could be compared as the terrific Detroit ones gathered on this cd.
www.cdbaby.com /detroitblues   (701 words)

  
 www.myspace.com/detroitbluessociety
Robert B. Jones, host of the WDET radio show “Blues from the Lowlands”, commented that he and others enjoyed touring musicians and wanted to have a place to jam with them during their Detroit visits.
The Detroit Blues Club, a group formed by local blues musicians, was still in existence at that time but was fading fast as key member Bobo Jenkins had passed away.
The Detroit Blues Society (DBS) is a registered federal 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to the preservation of the blues tradition.
www.myspace.com /detroitbluessociety   (1398 words)

  
 West Michigan Blues Society Links   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
It was reorganized and renamed in 1992 as The Detroit Blues Society.
Organized in 2002, the Tawas Bay Blues Society (TBBS) is a non-profit, tax-exempt, all volunteer organization dedicated to the promotion, awareness and preservation of Blues music and it's culture.
The Detroit Blues Heritage Series was created to bring attention to the art form of Blues music in Detroit as it existed in the 20th century and it's relationship to how it exists today.
www.wmbs.org /links.html   (490 words)

  
 Blues On Stage - Blues Across America the Detroit Scene   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
It offers a glimpse into the local blues scene of some of our major blues cities allowing us to sample the wealth of talent by some great blues performers.
Their style of blues reflects a melding of these great sources into a sound that remains untouched by time.
This is a great collection of modern day blues from the Motor city that should serve as a major career boost to these artists like the classic Alligator series "Living Chicago Blues" did for Lonnie Brooks and Magic Slim.
www.mnblues.com /cdreview/detroit.html   (291 words)

  
 Dead Blues Guys Links
The Blue Highway - The Blue Highway is an Amazon.com Associate.
Detroit Blues Heritage Series - The Detroit Blues Heritage Series is brought to you by the Detroit Blues Heritage Project and the Detroit Blues Society.
Not exactly a Blues site, but one of our affiliated businesses has launched a directory service to help people find things they are looking for on the web.
www.deadbluesguys.com /dbg_links.htm   (520 words)

  
 CD Baby: ULTIMATE DETROIT BLUES COLLECTION: Ultimate Detroit Blues Collection - from allrecordlabels
This is a great compilation of Detroit blues artists.
If you love Detroit blues you must have this album.
The Ultimate Detroit Blues Collection is a superb sampler of the albums these blues men and women have to offer.
cdbaby.com /cd/detroitblues/from/allrecordlabels   (704 words)

  
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We are now in our 7th year of presenting the finest Blues Detroit has to offer.
The Detroit Blues Heritage Series operates under the auspices of the Detroit Blues Heritage Project (a Michigan non profit corporation.)
Thanks to the City of Detroit Cultural Affairs Department, The Detroit Exchange and all of you for helping to make the seventh season of the Detroit Blues Heritage Series a success.
www.geocities.com /woodsmanq   (125 words)

  
 Blues Band Detroit, MI - Wayne, Michigan Blues Music, Detroit Blues Bands
Here are the online press kits of 143 professional Detroit blues bands and blues bands who will travel to Detroit to perform at your event.
Mark was born in Detroit, MI in the late 1960's to an american Mother and Canadian Father.
Dedicated to musical excellence, We are a growing network of local Detroit based professional musicians who are available to perform for wedding ceremonies and receptions, corporate and community events, private parties, and fine restaurants through out the greater Detroit...
www.gigmasters.com /Blues/BluesBand_Detroit_MI.asp   (843 words)

  
 CD - Blues CDs - Harmonica Shah Blues Band - Deep Detroit - asktooltalk.com
Folks, I have seen both Harmonica Shaw and Howard Glazer in action playing songs from their CD, “Deep Detroit.” Their raw, emotional, ghetto, and low-down blues will take control of your body—before you know it you’ll be tapping your foot and shaking your hips.
Harmonica Shah was honored with a lifetime achievement award from the Detroit Blues Society for the year 2000.
Their blues contain no overdubs and no second chances, so what you hear is authentic—raw energy and drive, the real thing: the blues.
www.asktooltalk.com /home/general/cd/deep_detroit.html   (320 words)

  
 Johnnie Bassett's Detroit Blues Review Live Review   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
She is the undisputed empress of Detroit blues.
This segued into "Everyday I Have Blues." Throughout the afternoon Bassett proved to be a classy gentleman by not stealing any of the limelight during the performances of his old friends.
Blues On Stage is a ® Trademark of Ray Stiles.
www.mnblues.com /review/bassett-th5-00.html   (1337 words)

  
 MISC BLUES ITEMS
Sully's was one of the premier blues clubs in the Detroit area for many years.
Blues Foundation 2001 WC Handy Awards "Hands For Fans" poster with a handprint and signature by guitar legend Duke Robillard.
Sullys was Detroits premier blues venue from the 80's through the early 90's, booking all of the great national acts, as seen here.
www.detroitsrvfanclub.com /misc_blues_items.htm   (2180 words)

  
 ESPN.com - NHL Playoffs 2002 - St. Louis Blues vs. Detroit Red Wings
Blues top line is top notch against Red Wings
The Red Wings routed the Blues 4-0 to win their Western Conference semifinal series 4-1.
Detroit's Brendan Shanahan had two goals and two assists in Game 5 to help the Red Wings get to the conference finals for the first time since 1998.
sports.espn.go.com /nhl/playoffs2002/series?series=stldet   (265 words)

  
 CALLING ALL BLUES LOVERS!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Frank had warned me that he and his group might be a little rusty being brand new to each other.
Blistering guitar riffs and a voice that was made to sing the blues make this band a must see.
This is bar none the best blues I've heard in Colorado to date.
www.detroitfrankdumont.com /articles/article/815230/6447.htm   (152 words)

  
 About Us
His works have appeared in Detroit and national publications and have been used as CD liner notes.
In the late 1970s he was a board member of the Detroit Jazz Center and took part in publishing a “Detroit Jazz Who’s Who” with Herb Boyd and Leni Sinclair in 1984.
The team-taught Detroit course is called “Society and the Arts in Detroit” and takes a social-historical perspective on the changes in several art forms in the city.
www.detroitmusichistory.com /About.html   (595 words)

  
 Jawbone - The Dang Blues From Detroit Michigan
After many power lunches and late-night phone call death threats, Dang Blues has been licensed by the UK's Loose Music for distribution in Europe and Australia, which puts me on a label roster that includes fellow Detroiters Blanche, The Handsome Family, Mary Lou Lord, and the Willard Grant Conspiracy, among others.
The CD will be slightly re-packaged (as a digipak instead of a jewel case) and is scheduled for release on August 30.
I've managed to finagle my way on to the bill for the 2nd annual 'Detroit Sounds and Spirits' holiday extravaganza at the Magic Stick this Friday, December 19.
www.dangblues.com /prevNews1.htm   (1237 words)

  
 Open Directory - Arts: Music: Styles: B: Blues   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Blues for Peace - Blues for Peace was set up in Israel to honor the roots of blues music and promote peace and the understanding that ALL peoples have had their share of the Blues.
Blues In Britain - Web-site devoted to British Blues and visting artists.
Blues Paradise - Links to classic musicians Sonny Boy Williamson I and II, Muddy Waters, Little Walter, Robert Johnson and Howlin' Wolf as well as links to many more contemporary blues artists.
dmoz.org /Arts/Music/Styles/B/Blues   (469 words)

  
 Red Mercury Blues Band - Free Music Downloads - MP3 Downloads - Download.com Music
These guys are veterans of Detroit’s club circuits and have played in every blues club the city has or had.  Bruce Iglauer of Alligator Records has said: "some good guitar playing here" and "I like the fact that the band is fun and unpretentious". 
Jay Crosby- the newest and best drummer Red Mercury has enjoyed is a veteran of the blues scene in the Detroit area.  Formerly drumming for a hard touring act named Blue Rose, Jay has the chops, experience and skills needed to be called one of the best blues drummers in Detroit.
Genres: Blues » Detroit Blues, Electric Blues, Electric Country Blues, Swamp Blues.
music.download.com /redmercurybluesband/3600-8402_32-100105384.html   (338 words)

  
 Hastings   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
But in the nighttime, in clubs and on street corners, the blues was alive.
Willie D. Warren didn't move to Detroit until the 1970s, after living many years in Chicago where he created the blues electric bass guitar part in Otis Rush's band.  Since his arrival, Warren has become an important figure to all younger bluesmen in town.
Fats was a longtime sideman in the Detroit blues scene, including a lengthy stint with John Lee Hooker in the infamous Paradise Valley.  Fats passed on to better things on February 22, 1999.  We miss his piano skills, his humor and the authentic warmth of his personality.
www.blue-suit.com /html/hastings.html   (401 words)

  
 WDET 101.9FM - WDET Homepage   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
When school children hear Rev. Robert Jones play Son House's "Death Letter Blues", they are immediately transported into the life of the Delta Blues legend, but a few seconds later they are made aware that modern rap is based in the same structure that House helped to pioneer.
Robert works primarily in the Midwest, but wherever he travels, his sense of humor, engaging storytelling, broad knowledge of Blues history and skills as a multi-instrumentalist makes his presentation a winner with audiences of all ages.
Held every year in Ann Arbor and Detroit, the Sphinx Competition is an annual classical music competition, involving young Black and Latino classical string players.
www.wdetfm.org   (860 words)

  
 Detroit Blues: Early 1950's - Listen, Review and Buy at ARTISTdirect   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
These 15 tracks are tough, raw-edged, primitive urban blues from the Motor City.
John Lee Hooker is also aboard with the original "House Rent Boogie," providing a semi-comedic foil for the Detroit Count's hilarious two-part "Hastings Street Opera," One String Sam's eerie "I Need $100," and the set closer "Alabama Bus" by Brother Will Hairston, featuring Washboard Willie well to the fore.
Much cruder than the more polished sound of Chicago blues, this compilation highlights some of the very best that emerged from this early, embryonic period.
www.artistdirect.com /nad/store/artist/album/0,,75740,00.html   (175 words)

  
 John Resch and The Detroit Blues   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
John Resch and the Detroit Blues, a new band based out of the Iowa/Illinois Quad City area consisting of harmonica, bass, drums and guitar, is quickly establishing itself as a regional band that must be seen.
They play classic and contemporary blues with a growing list of catchy original numbers.
John Resch and the Detroit Blues may be new but its members are certainly not new to the business.
findusat309.com /johnresch_detroitblues.html   (242 words)

  
 St. Louis Blues Online
The Blues have not won since earning a 3-2 shootout victory Nov. 24 at Detroit.
The Red Wings had 10 shots on goal within the first 10 minutes of the game and had 11 before the Blues took their first.
The rare near-capacity crowd gave Keith Tkachuk a mock cheer after he took a lazy shot at the Detroit net with 8:08 left in the period for their first shot on goal.
www.stlouisblues.com /GAMEDAY/RECAP/0607/061205recap.html   (694 words)

  
 Jawbone - The Dang Blues From Detroit, Michigan
Hillstomp are a North-Mississippi style punk blues duo out of Portland, Oregon who are currently on tour in the midwest supporting their latest release The Woman That Ended The World.
If you are a fan of Fat Possum-style hill country blues stomp you won't want to pass this one by.
A dazzling array of Detroit's brightest pop stars performing Yuletide favorites amidst a beguiling backdrop from television's golden age.
www.dangblues.com   (1890 words)

  
 What's New In Detroit Blues
9:00 - 10:00 Odell Blues Boy"D" and The Delta 5....
Detroit is once again Josh's home base starting next year This will also keep him in close contact with the recording studio so look for more from the band next year.
The Detroit Blues Society and No Cover Productions have released a cd featuring two songs from each band who played at the finals of the Blues Challenge, November 28th, 2004 at Tenny Street in Dearborn Mi.
www.nvo.com /nocover/sg003data   (4527 words)

  
 Luther "Badman" Keith :: Detroit Blues
“This is the first time we have every booked a blues band on a regular basis but it really shouldn’t come as a surprise because blues and jazz are really connected to each other,” said John Colbert, owner of Baker’s.
Keith’s band is noted for its high-energy, entertaining shows, featuring original tunes penned by Keith, a former professional journalist, and mixing blues, soul and funk.
The Luther Badman Keith Band won the 2005 Detroit Blues Challenge and represented Detroit in the 2006 International Blues Challenge in Memphis, Tenn. The band has toured in Europe and been nominated for three Detroit Music Awards, once for best blues CD for Thunder In My Blues, and twice for Outstanding Blues Band.
www.badmanbluz.com   (385 words)

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