Mark Pucci, Atlanta, Georgia
Mark Pucci has been serving the Blues for over 35 years in many capacities. Pucci began his career in 1972 in Memphis as music editor for a monthly entertainment magazine. In July 1974 he joined [...]
Mike Glenn, New Daisy Theater, Memphis, Tennessee
Mike Glenn of the New Daisy Theater on historic Beale Street has been a generous sponsor and committed supporter of The Blues Foundation since the Foundation’s earliest days. His New Daisy Theater has hosted countless [...]
Mississippi Blues Commission and Mississippi Development Authority, Division of Tourism, Jackson, MS
The first time most of us traveled to Mississippi on a Blues pilgrimage, the directions went something like this. “Turn left at the second cotton field, follow the dirt road for a bit and look [...]
Don Cohen, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
The late Don Cohen loved the Blues and promoted the Blues for much of his life. He was an 'old school' promoter and was loved by the many who knew him and worked with him [...]
Cat Head Delta Blues & Folk Art, Clarksdale, Mississippi
There are a few “must visit” places in Clarksdale, including the Delta Blues Museum and Morgan Freeman’s Ground Zero Blues Club, but equally high on that list is Roger Stolle’s Cat Head store. After seven [...]
10 Days Out: Blues From the Backroads
10 Days Out: Blues From the Backroads is a historic documentary in which Kenny Wayne Shepherd takes the viewer on a 10-day journey meeting Blues pioneers such as the Music Maker Relief Foundation’s Etta Baker, [...]
Stew ‘Beef Stew’ Crossen, Vernon, Connecticut
Beef Stew has been the voice of the Blues on Connecticut radio for 12 years. His Sunday Night Blues with Beef Stew program airs for six hours on 106.9 WCCC, a 50,000-watt powerhouse rock station [...]
STLBlues.net, St. Louis, Missouri
David Beardsley has created this website to actively support local artists and organize charitable fund-raisers. The site is not solely about the local St. Louis Blues scene, it’s national in scope as the launch of [...]
Don Wilcock, Scotia, New York
Don Wilcock learned his craft as a music journalist under fire…literally. He began his career as an Army specialist writing about the original Woodstock Festival for The Army Reporter in Long Binh, Vietnam. He first [...]
Edmonton’s Labatt Blues Festival, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Edmonton’s Labatt Blues Festival stands out from other Blues festivals in the sense that it typically never repeats the same act. Cam Hayden and Carrol Deen, festival co-producers, want their audience to enjoy a unique [...]