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A style of music originally based on field shouts and secular songs of the American Negro, featuring repeated sections of twelve measures each in an A-A-B structure. This is a vocal genre, often performed by singing guitarists, with melodic lines characterized by flatted thirds and seventh. Despite the name, the mood can be happy or sad, the tempo fast or slow. Sometimes called a subgenre of jazz, blues music has its own identity in artists such as Buddy Guy and Ruth Brown. Typical artists in blues-rock, a related style, are Stevie Ray Vaughan and Eric Clapton.
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| Blues Music - A tribute to the original American music.
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| | The Blues Foundation - Producer of the W.C. Handy Blues Awards, the Blues Hall of Fame, the Lifetime Achievement Awards and the Int. Blues Talent Competition
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| | BluesWorld - Blues articles, photographs, reviews, records, compact discs, CDs, 78 rpm phonograph record auctions, magazines, books, musicians, authors, researchers, resources, links.
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| | The Blue Highway - Unique blues website containing tributes to the legends and history of the blues, artist profiles, features, chat rooms, radio links, and archived radio shows
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| | BluesWEB - Features tributes, quotes, lyrics, and articles.
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| | Blues In Britain - Web-site devoted to British Blues and visting artists. Includes gig reviews, photo archive, blues MP3 tracks, forthcoming gig list and related web-links.
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| | Boogie Woogie - Boogie woogie MP3 and Midi files to download plus sheet music books and CDs for sale. Run by Tim Wheals, a blues piano player.
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| | Urban-Blues - explains the relationship between blues and hip-hop, jazz, rock, R&B, soul and gospel.
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| | Corky Siegel's Planet - member of a famous chicago blues band in the 60-70's
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| | Detroit Blues Heritage Series - Series focusing on the Detroit Blues tradition. Photographs of the events, reviews and information on upcoming events.
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| | FolkLib Index - Acoustic Blues Artists - A very complete listing of links for acoustic blues musicians.
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| | All HitsQuick Blues Music Center - From country to urban and contemporary blues. Web site links, sheet music, concert posters, concert listings, ...
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| | Top20Blues.com - Blues Music Guide for Artists, Downloads, Listening, News, Reviews, Charts, and Videos
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| | Smooth Grooves 2000 - A mailing lists for fans of R'n'B music.
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| | National Geographic: Blues Highway - Photo gallery, article, biography of photographer William Albert, and message forum.
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| | About.com: Blues - Blues information, MP3s, CD reviews, interviews, and history.
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| | Chicago Blues Archives - run by the Chicago Public Library
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| | 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.
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| | The Blues Directory - Contains over 2,200 blues links. Sites are organized in categories like bands and artists, record labels, and lyrics.
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| | 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.
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| | Dutchman's Web Stop of Harmonica Blues - National blues jam directory. Blues discussion and classified postings. Buy, sell equipment, CDs, posters. Play games, win prizes. Write on the bathroom wall.
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| | The Blues Database - Database with information on blues artists, discographies, and festivals.
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| | Year of the Blues 2003 - '03 marks a century of blues. Site is devoted to blues events of the year.
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| | King Biscuit Time - Encompasses the famous Helena, Arkansas radio show made famous by blues harp legend Sonny Boy Williamson II (Rice Miller), the annual blues festival in Helena, and the monthly magazine dedicated to covering blues festivals and artists. Features articles from the magazine, and blues goodies available from their online store.
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| | Blues on Stage - Web hosting company specializing in blues artists, companies, festivals and societies. Free links to client sites and paid advertising positions.
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