Tom Marker ‘Bluesbreakers’, WXRT– Chicago, IL
One night after listening to WXRT it occurred to Tom Marker, 'Maybe I could be a disc jockey instead of having to work for a living!' After radio gigs in Michigan, South Carolina and Elgin, [...]
Blues on Stage www.mnblues.com
Since its inception in 1997 the Blues On Stage website created and maintained by Ray Stiles, has grown into one of the largest and most popular Blues sites on the Internet. With more than 5,000 [...]
Amazon.com
Since its music launch in June of 1998, Internet commerce leader Amazon.com has featured Blues prominently on its website, devoting a special section of its store to Blues reviews, interviews and tributes. Besides covering such [...]
Fox Valley Blues Society
The Fox Valley Blues Society of Illinois can take credit for uncovering the RCA/Bluebird Blues recordings that were made in the Leland Hotel in Aurora, Illinois. This historical Blues find prompted the society to rally [...]
Winston
Winston launched the Winston Blues Revival on November 5, 1998 to showcase the talent of several authentic Blues pioneers, while raising awareness of and support for the Music Maker Relief Foundation (MMRF). This nonprofit foundation, [...]
Yazoo Records
Yazoo Records was started in 1967 by Nick Perls and Bernie Klatzko as an effort to make available the best in traditional Rural Blues and American music. Within the first three years of its existence, [...]
Biscuits & Blues
Biscuits & Blues is celebrating its fourth year of preserving the Blues in San Francisco. The club has a full restaurant and bar serving good ol' Southern Cuisine and offers live Blues nightly. Biscuit & [...]
Blues & Rhythm
Blues & Rhythm, The Gospel Truth was founded in the UK in 1984. The magazine is now Europe's leading blues magazine. Published ten times a year, B&R covers the whole range of Blues, R&B, Gospel, [...]
Bob Bell
Bob Bell was born in London, England in 1946, bought Bill Haley's 'Rock Around the Clock' in 1955, and soon progressed to Little Richard, Fats Domino, Chuck Berry, and Joe Turner. His first job was [...]
Budweiser
Budweiser was first brewed in 1876, and like Blues music, has a rich tradition in America. It's only natural, therefore, that the 'King of Beers' has been promoting the Blues for decades. Budweiser's primary support [...]