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Keith Harden Keith is a versatile singer-songwriter
guitarist and performer,
whose style and repertoire comes from
roots music...folk, blues, rock, & Americana.

Visit Keith's Web Page to check out
Concert Schedules, info about Keith,
his music, and his numerous CDs

Keith Harden - "Bad Dog Blues"

Our Favorite Local Band - The Kilborn Alley Blues Band
Visit their website KilbornAlley.com
They were recently nominated for a 2008 Blues Music Award
"Contemporary Blues Album of the Year" for their album "Tear Chicago Down"
Last year they were nominated for a 2007 Blues Music Award - Best New Artist Debut
for their album "Put It In The Alley"

The 29th annual Blues Music Awards (they used to be called the W.C Handy Awards)
are set for May 8th, in the Grand Casino Events Center in Tunica Resorts, MS.
as for the first time the Awards will be handed out in the Delta where the music originated
Blues Music Awards Nominees

Another Great Local Band - The Blues Deacons
Visit their website bluesdeacons.com
Check out their schedule, and also their frontman Billy Galt's schedule Blues Deacons/Billy Galt Schedule

From NPR Music and WXPN - Top 10 Blues Albums of 2007
also from NPR Music: All Songs Considered - Listener's Pick of the Year's Best CDs

Check out some of our local Illinois Blues Societies
Blues Blowtorch Society - Bloomington
Central Illinois Blues Society - Springfield
River City Blues Society - Peoria
And check out all the news from Illinois, Iowa, Indiana and Wisconsin at:
IllinoisBlues.com
Also the fine folks at IllinoisBlues.com have a great collection of Streaming Blues Radio
and a great Iowa Blues Society
Central Iowa Blues Society
And for Blues happenings in the St. Louis area visit stlblues.net
(Winner of the 2008 Keeping the Blues Alive - Internet Award at the 2008 IBC)

Our favorite local Radio Stations

Country, Blues, Bluegrass and Country Rock
Read a recent article from Illini Media's "Buzz"
The Whip is Still Cracking
Listen Live

WEFT
Community Radio
for East Central Illinois
Listen Live and please consider donating!

For info on the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival
Check out the events and listen to WWOZ 90.7 FM - New Orleans
here's their broadcast schedule WWOZ Broadcasts

WROX - Clarksdale's Hometown Station
Great Times and Great Oldies WROX 1450 AM - Clarksdale, MS.
Blues, Soul and More WROX - Listen Live

A couple of YouTube Videos

	David Evans - Bring The Boys Back Home
Buddy Guy - First Time I Met the Blues	B.B. King, Clapton, Buddy, Beck, Collins	Eric Clapton - Five Long Years
Muddy Waters - Champagne & Reefer	Mississippi John Hurt - John Henry	Big Joe Williams - Baby, Pleae Don't Go
Howlin' Wolf - Shake It For Me	Willie Dixon - Nervous	Otis Rush -I Can't Quit You Baby
Sonny Boy Williamson II - Keep It To Yourself	Muddy Waters + Willie Dixon - Hoochie Coochie Man	John Lee Hooker, Clapton + Stones - Boogie Cillin'
	Sister Rosetta Tharpe - Down by the Riverside

100 Greatest Blues Guitarists
Best Blues Guitarists at DigitalDreamDoor.com
Check out the list - How does your favorite rate? Do you agree? - also check the list of Best Harp Players

The Mother of all Blues Links
blueslinks.nl

The 2007 Blues Music Awards were presented
Thursday May, 10 in the Memphis Cook Convention Center

Charlie Musselwhite won 3 awards including Song of the Year and Album of the Year
The B.B. King Entertainer of the Year award went to Tab Benoit
and the Band of the Year was won by Lil' Ed and the Blues Imperials
List of Winners Blues Music Awards
and the Memphis Commercial Appeal's article Blues Jubilee

The 2006 Blues Music (W.C. Handy) Awards were presented
Thursday May, 11 in the Memphis Cook Convention Center

The Late Little Milton won 4 awards including Song of the Year and Album of the Year
Legendary guitarist Hubert Sumlin, and Paul Oscher, won 2 awards each
The B.B. King Entertainer of the Year award went to Buddy Guy
and the Band of the Year was won by Rod Piazza and the Mighty Flyers
Check all the winners 2006 Blues Music (Handy) Awards
and read the Commercial Appeal story Blues Music Awards

The 2005 (26th Annual) W.C. Handy Awards were presented
May 5, 2005 at the Memphis Cook Convention Center
Here's a list of all the 2005 Winners
Blues Entertainer of the Year B.B. King (for the 7th consecutive year)
Blues Band of the Year The Holmes Brothers
Blues Album of the Year - Mavis Staples - "Have A Little Faith"
and a list of all the 2005 Nominees

Eight Alligator Records artists won a won a total of 11 Awards, with Mavis Staples geting 4.

Winners of the 2004 Handy Awards
Blues Band of the Year Roomful of Blues
Blues Album of the Year - Buddy Guy - "Blues Singer"
The awards were presented Thursday April 29, 2004,
in the Cannon Center Ballroom, in Memphis, TN
Visit www.blues.org

2003 Handy Winners
2002 Winners
2001 Winners
2000 Winners
Check out all the previous years winners Previous Winners

Visit the Blues Foundation Site at:
blues.org

RIP

Frank "Son" Seals

8/14/1942 - 12/20/2004
Famed blues guitarist and singer
Frank "Son" Seals
W.C Handy award winner
Grammy award nominee
Read the story at Alligator Records

Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown

4/18/1924 - 9/10/2005
Highly acclaimed multi-instrumentalist
Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown
8-time W.C Handy award winner
also won a blues Grammy
Read his story at Alligator Records
or at Wikipedia

"Lightning in a Bottle"
A One Night History of the Blues On Feb. 7, 2003 scores of musical performers took the stage
at New York City's Radio City Music Hall for a Salute to the Blues.
This celebration of the Blues has been made into the feature film "Lightning In A Bottle".
Executive Producer Martin Scorsese and Director Antoine Fuqua
present a history of the Blues through performances and archival clips.
Some of the many performers: B.B. King, Buddy Guy, Mavis Staples, Keb' Mo,
Ruth Brown, Macy Gray, Natalie Cole, Shemekia Copeland, Solomon Burke
"Honeyboy" Edwards, Bonnie Raitt, Kim Wilson, "Gatemouth" Brown, and many others.
Opens in select cities Oct. 22, and Nov. 5, and coming soon to a theater near you!

PBS - "The Blues" We hope you enjoyed the PBS seven part series "The Blues"
which ran from Sept. 28 through Oct. 4, 2003.
Executive Producer Martin Scorsese presented seven directors who explored the blues
through their own perspectives, highlighting how the blues evolved from
folk tunes to a worldwide language. Some of the directors included
Scorsese, Wim Wenders, Charles Burnett, and Clint Eastwood.

Order the "Best of" audio CD, it includes 21 classic songs

Order the complete series on DVD, it includes 7 feature length films

Order the 5 CD set

Celebrating 100 Years of the Blues
The US Congress has proclaimed 2003 as "The Year of the Blues"
Visit the "Year of the Blues" site to learn about all the festivities
www.yearoftheblues.org

Get a background of the blues from the Blues Foundation "What is the Blues"

Album Reviews

"What a joyride"
B. B. King & Eric Clapton
colaborate on a classic blues album

BB & Eric - Riding With The King

Read a review of their new CD Riding With The King Includes 12 songs, several BB originals,
and classic Blues and Clapton songs.

Scott Holt spent several years
as the backup guitarist in
Buddy Guy's band.

Scott Holt - Dark Of The Night

Read a review of one of Scott's recent CD
Dark Of The Night An 11 song mixture of originals and covers,
with some great backup musicians.

Howlin' Wolf

Bob's Blues Legend Currently Featuring - Howlin' Wolf Howlin' Wolf was one of the greatest
Blues artists of all time.
He influenced numerous other artists in
both the Blues and Rock genres.
Read about his life, his roots, some of the
artists he influenced, and listen to a few mp3s.

Photo by Dennis Wismer Buddy Guy steps behind the bar at his Legend's Club
to play guitar and pour his own shot at the 1/5/02 show

Photo by Dennis Wismer Buddy Guy jams as he walks through the crowd
at a recent show at his Legend's club in Chicago.

Photo by Dennis Wismer Buddy Guy jams in the snow
outside the back door at his Legend's club in Chicago.

Photo by Dennis Wismer
Wayne Baker Brooks drinks a shot
as he plays his guitar behind his head, at a recent Legend's show.

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