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width="950" height="100%" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" bordercolor="#4F2E14" bgcolor="#DBAE84"> 132 <tr> 133 <td bgcolor="#DBAE84" valign="top"> 134 <p style="text-align: justify"><b> 135 <font size="4" color="#003399" face="Comic Sans MS"> November 2022</font></b></p> 136 <p style="text-align: center"><b> 137 <font face="Comic Sans MS" size="4" color="#003399">Due to illness, this 138 site is no longer being actively updated but will remain online for 139 reference purposes. The sister-site, earlyblues.org, will 140 continue to be updated periodically. Thanks to everybody for 141 your support and interest over the last 22 years. I've met so many 142 wonderful people through the blues and through this site and I hope 143 you've found it helpful and interesting.</font></b></p> 144 <p style="text-align: center"><b> 145 <font face="Comic Sans MS" size="4" color="#003399">Alan White</font></b></p> 146 <p style="text-align: justify"><b> 147 <font color="#4F2E14" face="Comic Sans MS">A warm welcome to the original Earlyblues.com. Now in its 148 22nd year this is 149 believed to be the longest running and largest continuously updated blues 150 music website on the 151 internet. <i>The Blues is Alive and Well here!</i> Browse the site for a vast range of blues material: the '<a href="uk%20and%20european%20blues%20festivals%202022.htm"><font color="#0067CB">UK & European Blues 152 Festival 153 Guide</font></a>', UK/European/US blues festival photographs and reviews, blues tours/gigs, 154 artist/band interviews, the history of the blues in essays and articles, 155 research projects, reference lists, 156 recommended blues books/CDs/DVDs/radio stations, travelogues, 157 general blues news items, a blues shopping mall, blues recipes, blues 158 resting places, links to other blues sites, social media and discussion 159 forums. </font></b></p> 160 <p style="text-align: justify"><b> 161 <font color="#4F2E14" face="Comic Sans MS">With the re-created and 162 extensively expanded Blues History Section (<a href="#History"><font color="#0067CB">see details below</font></a>) 163 'Earlyblues.com' now runs as two interlinked websites ('Earlyblues.com' 164 and 'Earlyblues.org'). There are well over 1,600 web pages, over 11,000 images, over 165 120 interviews, over 120 essays and articles (mostly exclusive to Earlyblues.com) 166 so be sure to visit often as these sites are updated very frequently. </font></b> 167 <span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS; color: #4F2E14; font-weight: 700"> 168 Please remember this original Earlyblues.com website is over 20 years old and technology has 169 moved on a bit since then - whilst the website is quite antiquated in 170 structure it has a wealth 171 of blues in its heart - and it's still beating strongly! Earlyblues.org (the extended 172 Blues History website) however is 173 quite a youngster being just a 174 few years old.</span></p> 175 <p style="text-align: justify"><font face="Comic Sans MS"><font color="#4F2E14"><b>Looking for a specific blues 176 artist or band, check this out first: 177 </b></font> 178<b><font color="#000080"><a href="blues%20artists%20and%20bands%20index.htm"> 179 <font color="#0066CC">Blues Artists & Bands Index</font></a></font><font color="#4F2E14"> - indexing artists & bands
180 featured on the 'Earlyblues.com' website<span lang="en-gb">, 181 or try <a href="Blues%20Festivals.htm"><font color="#0066CC">Blues Festival Photos</font></a> for a 182 list of past blues festivals, or try </span></font></b><span lang="en-gb"><b> 183 <font color="#990033"> <a href="newsstand.htm"><font color="#0066CC">The NewsStand</font></a></font><font color="#4F2E14"> - 184 all sorts of snippets from the blues world.</font></b></span><b><span lang="en-gb"><font color="#4F2E14"> 185 Otherwise browse the main <a href="#Noticeboards"><font color="#0067CB">Noticeboards</font></a> listed below - each giving the latest 186 updates by category or the </font><font color="#0067CB">'</font><font color="#4F2E14"><a href="#TreasureTrove"><font color="#0067CB">Early 187 Blues Treasure Trove</font></a><font color="#0067CB">'</font> of 188 miscellaneous links to all other (older) sections of the website</font></span></b><span lang="en-gb"><b><font color="#4F2E14">. I've provided 189 regular visitors with the 190 five key links above and four below. 191 </font></b></span> 192 </font> 193 <p style="text-align: justify"><font face="Comic Sans MS"> 194 <span lang="en-gb"><b><font color="#4F2E14">Happy browsing! </font></b></span> 195 </font> 196 <p style="text-align: justify"><font face="Comic Sans MS"> 197 <b><font color="#006666">If your interest is in the history of Blues 198 Music :<font size="1"> </font></font></b></font><div align="center"> 199 <table border="0" width="800" cellpadding="5" bgcolor="#006666" cellspacing="5"> 200 <tr> 201 <td> 202 <p align="justify"> 203 <font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#C0C0C0" size="2"><i> 204 "Today it's no longer possible to hear the history of the 205 blues from the mouths of many of those that shaped it. The 206 survivors of the first decades are few; memories are dimmed 207 by age and scared by experience. Time and pride have 208 coloured some recollections, distrust and envy may have 209 distorted others. Fingers are no longer nimble when old men 210 are asked to play; blues that were sung in youth may have 211 little meaning when the heat of the moment has been long 212 forgotten. The problems of piecing together the story of the 213 blues are many."</i><br> 214 - Paul Oliver, The Story of The Blues, Penguin, London 1969</font></td> 215 </tr> 216 </table> 217 </div> 218 <p style="text-align: justify"><font face="Comic Sans MS"> 219 <b><font color="#006666">Check out <a href="http://www.earlyblues.org"> 220 <font color="#0067CB">www.earlyblues.org</font></a> a separate website 221 which is dedicated to the history of the blues, effectively replacing 222 the history section of this website. You can find more details below (<a href="#History"><font color="#0067CB">click 223 here</font></a>).</font></b></font><p style="text-align: justify"><span lang="en-gb"> 224 <font color="#800000" face="Comic Sans MS"> 225 <b>If your interest is in the history of Gospel Music :<font size="1"> </font></b></font></span><div align="center"> 226 <table border="0" width="800" cellpadding="5" bgcolor="#990033" cellspacing="5"> 227 <tr> 228 <td> 229 <p align="justify"> 230 <font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#C0C0C0"> 231 <font size="2">"The Half Ain't Never Been Told"<i><br> 232 "The story of the blues is a story that has been told a 233 number of times ... as far as black music as a whole is 234 concerned it is a half-story. This emphasis has drawn 235 attention away from other important vocal traditions, 236 particularly the sacred vocal traditions, from the 237 song-sermons of the Baptist and Sanctified preachers to the 238 gospel songs of the church congregations and of the 239 'jack-leg' preachers and evangelists"</i>.</font><br> 240 <font size="2"> - Paul Oliver, Songsters and Saints - Vocal 241 Traditions on Race Records, Cambridge University Press, 242 1984.</font></font></td> 243 </tr> 244 </table> 245 </div> 246 <p style="text-align: justify"> 247 <a target="_blank" href="http://www.earlygospel.com/"> 248 <img border="0" src="index.120.jpg" align="right"></a><b><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#800000">Visit 249 the sister website <a target="_blank" href="http://www.earlygospel.com/"> 250 <font color="#0067CB">www.earlygospel.com</font></a></font><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#0067CB"> </font><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#800000"> 251 specialising in early gospel music and especially lesser known singers, 252 from spirituals and sacred songs in the 1870s through the evolution of 253 gospel music to the end of WWII. 254 </font></b><p style="text-align: justify"> 255 <b><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#4F2E14"> 256 <a href="http://www.undergroundrailroad.org.uk/"> 257 <img border="0" src="index.121.jpg" align="right"></a></font><font face="Comic Sans MS"><font color="#006666">Visit 258 </font> 259 <span lang="en-gb"><font color="#006666">the associated website 260 </font><font color="#4F2E14"> 261 <a target="_blank" href="http://www.undergroundrailroad.org.uk/"> 262 <font color="#0066CC">www.undergroundrailroad.org.uk</font></a></font><font color="#006666"> - 263 providing an</font></span><font color="#006666"> 264 insight into the Underground Railroad movement during American slavery 265 times (see 'Slave To The Blues' research section </font> </font> 266 <font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#4F2E14"> 267 <a href="#Research"> 268 <font color="#0066CC">below</font></a></font><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#006666">).</font></b><p style="text-align: justify"> 269 <b><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#4F2E14"> 270 <a target="_blank" href="http://www.earlyrnb.com"> 271 <img border="0" src="index.127.jpg" align="right"></a></font><font face="Comic Sans MS"><a target="_blank" href="UK%20Blues%20Federation%20Intro.htm"><font color="#000000"><span style="text-decoration: none">V</span></font></a>isit the sister 272 website </font><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#4F2E14"> 273 <a target="_blank" href="http://www.earlyrnb.com"> 274 <font color="#0066CC">www.earlyrnb.com</font></a></font><font face="Comic Sans MS">,dedicated to the 275 history of original early Rhythm & Blues music emanating from the blues 276 and gospel music traditions from the early 40s to the early 70s 277 incorporating its early derivatives Rock and Roll, Soul, Funk, Doo wop, 278 British R&B, New Orleans R&B, Reggae and Ska.</font></b><p class="MsoNormal"> 279 <b><font face="Comic Sans MS">Check out the 280 <a target="_blank" href="http://www.ukblues.org/"><font color="#0066CC"> 281 UKBlues Federation</font></a>, a pan-UK Federation promoting and 282 supporting Blues in and from the United Kingdom in all its forms and 283 styles, incorporating the UKBlues Challenge and the UKBlues 284 Awards. The UKBlues Federation is an Active Member of the European Blues 285 Union and an Affiliate of the Blues Foundation, the first and only 286 Affiliate in the UK.</font></b></p> 287 <p class="MsoNormal" align="center"> 288 <b><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#102469"> 289 <img border="0" src="index.132.jpg"> </font></b> 290 <img border="0" src="index.128.jpg"> 291 <img border="0" src="index.129.jpg"></p> 292 <p style="text-align: center"> 293 <font face="Comic Sans MS"><span lang="en-gb"><b> 294 __________________________________<br> 295 <br> 296 <font color="#000000">Earlyblues.com</blink> / EarlyBlues.org / Earlygospel.com 297 / EarlyRnB.com / Undergroundrailroad.org<br> 298 w</font>ebsites created and managed by <font color="#0066CC"> 299 <a target="_blank" href="Alan%20White.htm"> 300 <font color="#000000">Alan White</font></a></font></b></span></font><br> 301 <b><font face="Comic Sans MS">(</font></b><font face="Comic Sans MS"><b>
301Blues Historian and Archivist)</b></font><p style="text-align: center"> 302 <b><font face="Comic Sans MS">___________________________________</font></b><p style="text-align: center"> 303 <img border="0" src="index.124.jpg"><p style="text-align: center"> 304 <b><font face="Comic Sans MS">UK Blues Awards 2020</font></b><p style="text-align: center"> 305 <b><font face="Comic Sans MS">'Blues Unsung Hero of the Year Award 2020 306 Winner'</font></b><p style="text-align: center"> 307 <img border="0" src="index.125.jpg"><p style="text-align: center"> 308 <img border="0" src="index.130.jpg"><p style="text-align: center"> 309 <a target="_blank" href="https://www.ukblues.org/awards/"> 310 <img border="0" src="index.134.jpg" width="310" height="97"></a><font face="Comic Sans MS"><span lang="en-gb"><font size="1" color="#000000"> </font></span></font><p style="text-align: center"> 311 <font face="Comic Sans MS"><b> 312 <font color="#0066CC"> 313 <a target="_blank" href="https://www.ukblues.org/awards/"> 314 <font color="#003399">Click here for full details of the UK Blues Awards</font></a></font></b></font><p style="text-align: center"> 315 <o:p><font color="#FFFFFF" face="Comic Sans MS"> 316 <a target="_blank" href="https://europeanbluesawards.wordpress.com/"> 317 <img border="0" src="newsst319.jpg" width="308" height="105"></a></font></o:p><p style="text-align: center"> 318 <img border="0" src="index.131.jpg"><font face="Comic Sans MS"><span lang="en-gb"><font color="#000000"><br> 319 <br> 320 <b> 321 <a target="_blank" href="https://europeanbluesawards.wordpress.com/"> 322 <font color="#0067CB">#EuropeanBluesAwards</font></a></b></font><b><font color="#0067CB"> 323 <br> 324 </font></b><font color="#000000"><b>'Lifetime 325 Contribution Award 2014 Winner'<br> 326 </b></font><i><font size="2">"Very richly deserved in my opinion. <br> 327 Alan does sterling work for the blues and has done for many many years".<br> 328 - 329 </font> 330 </i><font size="2">Paul Jones, Paul Jones Show, 8th December 2014, BBC Radio 2.</font></span></font><p style="text-align: center"> 331 <b><font face="Comic Sans MS">___________________________________</font></b><p style="text-align: center"> 332 <p style="text-align: center"> 333 <font face="Comic Sans MS"><span lang="en-gb"><font size="2"> 334 <img border="0" src="index.117.jpg"><br> 335 </font></span></font><div align="center"> 336 <table border="1" width="700" style="border-collapse: collapse" bgcolor="#ED4A6B" cellpadding="8" bordercolor="#000000"> 337 <tr> 338 <td> 339 <p align="justify"> 340 <span style="line-height: 107%; font-family: Comic Sans MS"> 341 <font size="2">"Crazy Blues" written by Perry Bradford. 342 Mamie Smith and Her Jazz Hounds recorded it on August 10, 343 1920, which was released that year by OKeh Records. Within a 344 month of release, it had sold 75,000 copies. Although there 345 were many recordings made of songs with blues in the title 346 during the previous decade, this recording is considered a 347 landmark as the first blues record ever issued. </font> 348 </span></td> 349 </tr> 350 </table> 351 </div> 352 <p style="text-align: center"> 353 </td> 354 </tr> 355 <tr> 356 <td bgcolor="#DBAE84" height="39" valign="top"> 357 358<p style="text-align: justify"><b><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#552B00"> 359These are the Noticeboards of the latest additions to each category of the 360website.<br> 361</font><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#00FF00"> 362<span style="background-color: #552B00"> <a name="Noticeboards"></a>Click on the 363green Noticeboard title to take you to the details pages </span></font></b></p> 364 <table border="2" width="900" style="border-color:#4F2E14; border-collapse: collapse" id="table32" cellpadding="10"> 365 <tr> 366 <td bgcolor="#552B00"> 367 <font face="Comic Sans MS"> 368 <font color="#FFFFFF"> 369 <b> </b></font></font><b><a style="text-decoration: none" title="Click here for the NewsStand" href="newsstand.htm"><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#00FF00">NEWSSTAND</font></a></b></td> 370 </tr> 371 </table> 372 <blockquote> 373 <p style="text-align: justify"><b> 374 <font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#4F2E14">A</font></b><font face="Comic Sans MS"><span lang="en-gb"><b><font color="#4F2E14">ll 375 sorts of news snippets from the blues world: upcoming tours, latest CD 376 releases and much more</font></b></span><b><font color="#4F2E14"> ...</font></b></font></p> 377</blockquote> 378 <table border="2" width="900" style="border-color:#4F2E14; border-collapse: collapse" id="table24" cellpadding="10"> 379 <tr> 380 <td bgcolor="#552B00"> 381 <font face="Comic Sans MS"> 382 <font color="#FFFFFF"> 383 <b> </b></font><b><font color="#00FF00"><u><a name="Festivals"></a></u><a name="Festivals" style="text-decoration: none" title="Click here for Blues Festivals" href="home%20eb%20festivals.htm"><font color="#00FF00">BLUES
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390 391<!-- AddToAny END --></font></b></font></td> 392 </tr> 393 </table> 394 <blockquote> 395 <p><span lang="en-gb"><b><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#990033"> 396 2022 UK & European Blues Festivals Guide </font> 397 <font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#552B00">- </font></b></span> 398 <font face="Comic Sans MS"><b> 399 <font color="#552B00">this year's latest festival updates</font></b></font></p> 400 <p><font face="Comic Sans MS"><b> 401 <span lang="en-gb"><font color="#990033">2021</font><font color="#4F2E14"> 402 </font></span> 403 <font color="#990033">UK & European Blues Festivals Guide </font> 404 <font color="#552B00">- </font><font color="#4F2E14"> 405 <span lang="en-gb">who was where last year</span></font><span lang="en-gb"><font color="#4F2E14">, and</font></span></b></font><br> 406 <font face="Comic Sans MS"><b> 407 <font color="#4F2E14"><span lang="en-gb"> 408 <font color="#990033">Blues Festivals Archive</font> - who 409 was where in previous years</span></font></b></font></p> 410 <p align="left"> 411 <font face="Comic Sans MS"><b><font color="#4F2E14">The </font> 412 <font color="#990033">UK/US & European Festivals & Concerts Photo Galleries</font><font color="#4F2E14"> 413 - </font></b><span lang="en-gb"><b><font color="#4F2E14">photos & 414 reviews of 415 </font></b></span><b><font color="#4F2E14">festivals and concerts over 416 the past 20 years including anniversary and 417 benefit concerts, blues challenges and blues awards 418 ceremonies...</font><span lang="en-gb"><font color="#4F2E14"><br> 419 <br> 420 </font></span><font color="#4F2E14">T</font><span lang="en-gb"><font color="#4F2E14">he 421 <font color="#990033">Blues Festivals Archive</font> - </font></span> 422 <font color="#4F2E14">links to all festival photo galleries 423 contained on the website</font></b></font></p> 424 <p align="center"> 425 <img border="0" src="Scarbo625.jpg"></p> 426 <p align="center"> 427 </p> 428</blockquote> 429 <table border="2" width="900" style="border-color:#4F2E14; border-collapse: collapse" id="table25" cellpadding="10"> 430 <tr> 431 <td bgcolor="#552B00"> 432 <font face="Comic Sans MS"> 433 <font color="#FFFFFF"> 434 <b> </b></font><b><font color="#4F2E14"><a name="Gigs"></a></font><font color="#00FF00"><a title="Click here for Blues Tours, Concerts & Gigs" href="home%20eb%20festivals.htm#Gigs" style="text-decoration: none"><font color="#00FF00">BLUES 435 TOURS, CONCERTS AND GIGS</font></a></font><font color="#FFFF99"> NOTICEBOARD</font></b></font></td> 436 </tr> 437 </table> 438 <blockquote> 439 <p><b><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#4F2E14">Photo galleries 440 from various UK blues tours, gigs</font></b><font face="Comic Sans MS"><b><font color="#4F2E14"> and the 441 US Section with reviews of various 442 concerts, 443 with</font><font color="#990033"> </font><font color="#4F2E14">more coming soon ...</font></b></font></p> 444</blockquote> 445 <table border="2" width="900" style="border-color:#4F2E14; border-collapse: collapse" id="table26" cellpadding="10"> 446 <tr> 447 <td bgcolor="#552B00"> 448 <font face="Comic Sans MS"> 449 <font color="#FFFFFF"> 450 <b> </b></font><font color="#00FF00"><b><a style="text-decoration: none" title="Click here for Blues Clubs, Forums, Lectures & courses" href="home%20eb%20festivals.htm#Clubs"><font color="#00FF00">BLUES 451 </font></a> </b></font> 452 </font> 453 <font color="#00FF00" face="Comic Sans MS"><b> 454 <a style="text-decoration: none" title="Click here for Blues Clubs, Forums, Lectures & Courses" href="home%20eb%20festivals.htm#Clubs"> 455 <font color="#00FF00">GIG REVIEWS </font></a></b></font><font color="#FFFF99" face="Comic Sans MS"><b>NOTICEBOARD</b></font></td> 456 </tr> 457 </table> 458 <blockquote> 459 <p><font color="#552B00" face="Comic Sans MS"><b>"Keepin' Live Music Alive" - </b></font> 460 <b><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#4F2E14">an occasional series of gig reviews ...</font></b></p> 461 <p align="center"> 462 <o:p><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#990033"> 463 <o:p>________________________________</o:p></font></o:p></p> 464 <p align="center"><b><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#4F2E14">Ah, 465 the fond memories ...</font></b></p> 466 <p align="center"><img border="0" src="index.123.jpg"><br> 467 <b> 468 <span style="background-color: #0067CB"><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#C0C0C0"> 469 . </font><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#FFFFFF">Mothers 470 Club, Erdington, Birmingham</font><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#C0C0C0"> 471 .</font></span></b></p> 472</blockquote> 473 <table border="2" width="900" style="border-color:#4F2E14; border-collapse: collapse" id="table27" cellpadding="10"> 474 <tr> 475 <td bgcolor="#552B00"> 476 <font face="Comic Sans MS"> 477 <font color="#FFFFFF"> 478 <b> </b></font><font color="#4F2E14"><u><b><a name="Interviews"></a></b></u></font><b><font color="#00FF00"><a href="home%20eb%20interviews.htm" style="text-decoration: none"><font color="#00FF00"><a style="text-decoration: none" title="Click here for Blues Interviews" href="home%20eb%20interviews.htm"><font color="#00FF00">BLUES 479 ARTISTS AND BANDS INTERVIEWS</font></a></font></a></font><font color="#FFFF99"> NOTICEBOARD</font></b></font></td> 480 </tr> 481 </table> 482 <blockquote> 483 <p><b><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#4F2E14">Check out over 100 484 interviews including:</font></b><font face="Comic Sans MS"><b><font color="#4F2E14"> </font> 485 <font color="#990033">
485Ian Siegal, Alvin Youngblood Hart, Matt Woosey, Jimbo Mathus, 486 Moreland and Arbuckle,</font></b><b><font color="#4F2E14"> </font> 487 <font color="#990033">Ruby Turner, Swampcandy, Larry McCray, Tommy Allen & Johnny 488 Hewitt,</font><font color="#4F2E14"> 489 </font> 490 <font color="#990033">Danny Handley, Chris Powers, Tom Doughty, Sugar Ray Norcia, 491 Matt Schofield, 492 Giles Robson, 493 Gregg Wright, 494 Marcus Malone, 495 Earl Thomas, 496 Mud Morganfield, 497 Marcus Bonfanti, 498 Steve Cropper, 499 Walter Trout, 500 BabaJack, Lisa Mills, Ian Jennings, Norman Beaker,</font><font color="#4F2E14"> </font> 501 <font color="#990033">Aynsley Lister, 502 Alan Nimmo,</font><font color="#4F2E14"> </font><font color="#990033">Dave Arcari, 503 Ben Waters, 504 Ed Stephenson, Ben Prestage, Paul Cowley, 505 </font><font color="#4F2E14">with</font><font color="#990033"> </font> 506 <font color="#4F2E14">more soon including 507 </font><font color="#990033">Paul Jones, Larry Miller, Gerry McAvoy, Mick Gallagher, 508 </font></b></font><b><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#990033">Mike 509 Vernon, Bruce Iglauer (President of Alligator Records), Vaneese 510 Thomas and Bob Malone</font></b><font face="Comic Sans MS"><b><font color="#990033"> 511 </font><font color="#4F2E14"> ....</font></b></font></p> 512</blockquote> 513<table border="2" width="900" style="border-color:#4F2E14; border-collapse: collapse" id="table28" cellpadding="10"> 514 <tr> 515 <td bgcolor="#552B00"> 516 <b><font color="#00FF00" face="Comic Sans MS"><a name="History"> 517 </a> 518 <a name="History" style="text-decoration: none" title="Click here for Blues History" href="home%20eb%20history.htm"> 519 <font color="#00FF00">BLUES HISTORY</font></a> </font> 520 <font color="#FFFF99" face="Comic Sans MS"> NOTICEBOARD: ESSAYS, ARTICLES, 521 POETRY, ART, </font></b><font color="#FFFF99" face="Comic Sans MS"> <b> 522 TRIBUTE PROJECTS</b> <b>AND TALKS</b></font></td> 523 </tr> 524 </table> 525 <blockquote> 526 <div align="center"> 527 <table border="0" width="820" style="border-collapse: collapse" cellpadding="10" bgcolor="#2E3642"> 528 <tr> 529 <td> 530 <p align="justify"> 531 <span style="font-family: Arial; color: #D9D9D9; font-weight: 700"> 532 RE-FORMATTED HISTORY SECTION :</span></p> 533 <p align="justify"><font face="Arial"> 534 <span style="color: #D9D9D9">The original History Section 535 of Earlyblues.com has been re-created in a more 536 manageable and easier to browse format together with 537 extended content, especially on the history of British Blues</span></font><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333"><font face="Arial"><span style="color: #D9D9D9">.</span></font></span></p> 538 <p align="justify"> 539 <span style="font-family: Arial; color: #D9D9D9">The new 540 format has been developed on a separate website 541 <a href="http://www.earlyblues.org"><font color="#00FF00"> 542 www.earlyblues.org</font></a></span><font color="#D9D9D9"><span style="font-family: Arial; "> </span> 543 </font> 544 <span style="font-family: Arial; color: #D9D9D9">and will replace the original History 545 Section of <a href="http://www.earlyblues.com"> 546 <font color="#00FF00">www.earlyblues.com</font></a>, being entirely dedicated to the history and 547 evolution of the Blues in essays and articles, cultural 548 aspects, exhibitions, presentations, courses, talks, 549 research projects, reference lists, recommended blues books, 550 blues resting places, and links to other blues sites. All 551 other content of <a href="http://www.earlyblues.com"> 552 <font color="#00FF00">www.earlyblues.com</font></a> will 553 remain the same.</span></p> 554 <p align="justify"> 555 <span style="font-family: Arial; color: #D9D9D9">So 'Earlyblues.com' 556 now runs as two separate but interlinked websites: <br> 557 <font color="#00FF00"><a href="http://www.earlyblues.com"> 558 <font color="#00FF00">www.earlyblues.com</font></a></font> 559 (with the original History Section) and <br> 560 <font color="#00FF00"><a href="http://www.earlyblues.org"> 561 <font color="#00FF00">www.earlyblues.org</font></a></font>
562 (as the expanded and re-formatted History Section).</span></p> 563 <p align="justify"> 564 <span style="font-family: Arial; color: #D9D9D9"> 565 <a href="home%20eb%20history.htm"><font color="#00FF00"> 566 Click here</font></a> to go to the original History Section or 567 <a href="http://www.earlyblues.org"><font color="#00FF00"> 568 click here</font></a> to see the new History Section, 569 remembering that you can return to the full 570 <a href="http://www.earlyblues.com"><font color="#00FF00"> 571 www.earlyblues.com</font></a> 572 website any time by 573 clicking the link on the new Home page.</span></p> 574 <p align="justify"> 575 <span style="font-family: Arial; color: #D9D9D9">Please 576 remember this original website is over 20 years old and 577 technology has moved on a bit since then - whilst it's quite 578 antiquated in structure it has a wealth of blues in its heart 579 - and it's still beating!</span><br> 580 </p></td> 581 </tr> 582 </table> 583 </div> 584 <p align="center"> 585 <b><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#DBAE84" size="1">.</font></b></p> 586 <div align="center"> 587 <table border="0" width="820" style="border-collapse: collapse" bgcolor="#2E3642" cellpadding="10"> 588 <tr> 589 <td><font face="Arial" color="#D9D9D9"><b>LATEST ADDITION TO 590 THE HISTORY SECTION ON EARLYBLUES.ORG :</b></font><p align="center"> 591 <font color="#D9D9D9"><img border="0" src="index.133.jpg"></font></p> 592 <p align="center"><font face="Arial" color="#D9D9D9"> 593 Announcing the development of The Robert Johnson Blues Park 594 <br> 595 as a permanent tribute to the legendary bluesman.</font></p> 596 <p align="center"><font face="Arial" color="#D9D9D9"> 597 <a target="_blank" href="http://earlyblues.org/the-robert-johnson-blues-park/"> 598 <font color="#FFFF99">Click here for further details</font></a></font></p> 599 <p align="center"><font face="Arial" color="#D9D9D9"> 600 <a href="http://earlyblues.org/"><font color="#FFFF99">or go 601 to the Earlyblues.org home page</font></a></font></p> 602 <p align="center"> 603 <font face="Arial" color="#D9D9D9" size="2">Image </font> 604 <font color="#D9D9D9" size="2" face="Times New Roman">© 605 </font><font face="Arial" color="#D9D9D9" size="2">Copyright 606 2021 Earl Klatzel - used with permission</font></td> 607 </tr> 608 </table> 609 </div> 610 <p> 611 <b><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#4F2E14">Latest on Earlyblues.com:</font><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#990033"> </font> 612 </b> 613 <font face="Comic Sans MS"> 614 <b> 615 <font color="#990033">The Mississippi Delta: Birthplace of the Blues<span style="text-decoration: none"> - </span>"This Is Where the Soul of 616 Man Never Dies." </font> 617 <font color="#4F2E14">- by Terry Messman</font><font color="#FFFFFF"> </font> 618 <font color="#4F2E14"> (Spanish Translation </font></b></font><b> 619 <font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#4F2E14">- with 620 <span style="font-size: 12.0pt"> 621 thanks to </span></font> 622 <span style="color: #4F2E14; font-family: Comic Sans MS">Rafael Reséndiz, 623 professor at the National University of Mexico for the translation)</span></b></p> 624 <p> 625 <font face="Comic Sans MS"><b><font color="#990033">'Blues Artists & Their Instruments' - </font> 626 <font color="#4F2E14">updated 627 blues guitar guide by</font><font color="#990033"> </font> 628 <font color="#4F2E14">Dai Thomas 629 </font></b></font></p> 630 <p><u><b><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#552B00">Recent</font></b></u><font face="Comic Sans MS"><b><u><font color="#552B00"> 631 essays: 632 <br> 633 </font></u></b></font><b> 634 <font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#990033">Why Do You Moan, When You Can Shake That Thing? 635 (a survey of Papa Charlie Jackson & Bo Weavil Jackson: 1924-1934)</font></b><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#990033"> </font> 636 <b><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#4F2E14">- by Max Haymes</font></b><font face="Comic Sans MS"><b><u><font color="#4F2E14"><br> 637 </font></u></b></font> 638 <b> 639 <font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#FFFFFF"> 640 <font color="#990033">Blues For Martin Luther King, Jr.</font> </font> 641 <font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#4F2E14">- by Terry Messman</font></b><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#FFFFFF"><br> 642 <b> 643 <font color="#990033">We'll March on Resurrection Day</font></b> 644 </font> 645 <font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#4F2E14"><b>- by Terry Messman</b></font><span lang="en-us"><font color="#990033"><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-weight: 700"><br> 646 Gulfport 647 Island Road Blues 648 </span></font></span> 649 <b> 650 <span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Comic Sans MS"> 651 <font color="#990033">(Nonsense & Robert Johnson)</font><font color="#FFFFFF"> </font></span> 652 <font color="#4F2E14"> 653 <span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Comic Sans MS"> 654 - </span> 655 <span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 200%; font-family: Comic Sans MS"> 656 by Max Haymes</span></font></b><font face="Comic Sans MS"><b><font color="#990033"><u><br> 657 </u> </font><font color="#990033">"I Need-A Plenty Grease In My Frying Pan" 658 (Roots & Influences of Vaudeville & Rural Blues: 1919-1940)</font><font color="#4F2E14"><br> 659 - 660 by Max Haymes </font><font color="#990033"><br> 661 Alabama Blues </font><font color="#4F2E14">- by Billy Hutchinson</font><font color="#990033"> 662 <br> 663 The Mississippi Delta: Birthplace of the 664 Blues - "This Is Where the Soul of Man Never Dies."<br> 665 </font><font color="#4F2E14">- by</font><font color="#990033"> 666 </font><font color="#4F2E14">Terry 667 Messman<br> 668 '</font><font color="#990033">Blues Poetry</font><font color="#4F2E14">' 669 - an updated collection of articles on Poetry and the Blues</font></b></font></p> 670 <p><font face="Comic Sans MS"><b><u><font color="#552B00"> 671 <img border="0" src="index.108.jpg" align="right" hspace="5" alt="© Copyright 2008 Alan White. All Rights Reserved." style="border: 1px solid #663300"></font></u></b></font><b><u><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#4F2E14">Latest 672 exhibitions:<br> 673 </font></u><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#990033">Downhome Blues 674 Exhibition : </font><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#4F2E14">A 675 Photographic Exhibition of American Blues Artists and their Home 676 Towns by Alan White. The exhibition comprises some sixteen artists including Chuck 677 Berry, James Cotton, Honeyboy Edwards, Louisiana Red, Coco Montoya 678 and Hubert Sumlin.<br> 679 </font><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#990033">Blues Filter
680 Exhibition :</font><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#4F2E14"> A 681 Photographic Exhibition of Blues Artists who have performed at The 682 Great British Rhythm & Blues Festival, Colne, Lancashire by Alan 683 White. The 684 exhibition comprises some twenty five artists including Steve 685 Cropper, Mud Morganfield, Booker T, Billy Boy Arnold, Magic Slim, 686 Chris Farlowe, Jack Bruce, Ruby Turner, Wilko Johnson, Larry Garner 687 and Lucy Zirins.<br> 688 </font></b><font face="Comic Sans MS"><span lang="en-gb"><b> 689 <font color="#4F2E14"><br> 690 Now if your interest is the history of Gospel Music check out the full list of</font><font color="#990033"> 691 <a target="_blank" href="http://www.earlygospel.com/eg-essays-and-articles.htm"> 692 <font color="#0066CC">Gospel Essays</font></a> </font> 693 <font color="#4F2E14">on the sister website 694 <a target="_blank" href="http://www.earlygospel.com/"> 695 <font color="#0066CC">www.earlygospel.com</font></a> </font></b> 696 </span></font></p> 697</blockquote> 698 <table border="2" width="900" style="border-color:#4F2E14; border-collapse: collapse" id="table31" cellpadding="10"> 699 <tr> 700 <td bgcolor="#552B00"> 701 <font face="Comic Sans MS"> 702 <font color="#FFFFFF"> 703 <b> </b></font><b><u><font color="#4F2E14"><a name="Research"></a></font></u></b><font color="#00FF00"><b><a title="Click here for Blues Research" href="home%20eb%20history.htm#Research" style="text-decoration: none"><font color="#00FF00">BLUES RESEARCH</font></a></b></font><font color="#FFFF99"><b> 704 NOTICEBOARD</b></font></font></td> 705 </tr> 706 </table> 707 <blockquote> 708 <p> 709 <font color="#552B00" face="Comic Sans MS"><b>Check out</b></font><b><font color="#552B00" face="Comic Sans MS">:</font><font face="Comic Sans MS"><font color="#4F2E14">articles in our long term research project 710 </font><font color="#990033">Slave To The Blues:<br></font> 711 <font color="#552B00"> 712 </font><font color="#0066CC">Slave To The Blues 713 - Coffles and the Auction Block</font></font><font color="#4F2E14"><font face="Comic Sans MS"> 714 - by Max Haymes<br></font><br></font> 715 <font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#4F2E14">Check out </font> 716 <font face="Comic Sans MS"> 717 <span lang="en-gb"><font color="#4F2E14">the associated website 718 <a target="_blank" href="http://www.undergroundrailroad.org.uk/"> 719 <font color="#0067CB">www.undergroundrailroad.org.uk</font></a> - developed to give an</font></span></font><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#4F2E14"> 720 insight into the Underground Railroad slave escape network during American slavery 721 times.</font></b></p> 722</blockquote> 723 <table border="2" width="900" style="border-color:#4F2E14; border-collapse: collapse" id="table29" cellpadding="10"> 724 <tr> 725 <td bgcolor="#552B00"> 726 <font face="Comic Sans MS"> 727 <font color="#FFFFFF"> 728 <b> </b></font><b><font color="#00FF00"><a name="Media"></a><a href="home%20eb%20history.htm#Media" style="text-decoration: none"><font color="#00FF00">BLUES BOOKS, CDs, DVDs, MOVIES AND RADIO 729 LINKS</font></a></font><font color="#FFFF99"> NOTICEBOARD</font></b></font></td> 730 </tr> 731 </table> 732 <blockquote> 733 <p><b><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#4F2E14">R</font></b><font face="Comic Sans MS"><span lang="en-gb"><b><font color="#4F2E14">ecommended 734 blues related Books/CDs/DVDs/Movies/Radio Stations/On-line Blues 735 Magazines/etc... </font></b></span></font></p> 736 <p><b><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#4F2E14">..... </font></b> 737 <font face="Comic Sans MS"><span lang="en-gb"><b><font color="#990033">plus a bit of retail 738 therapy with a Shopping Mall</font></b></span></font></p> 739</blockquote> 740 <table border="2" width="900" style="border-color:#4F2E14; border-collapse: collapse" id="table30" cellpadding="10"> 741 <tr> 742 <td bgcolor="#552B00"> 743 <font face="Comic Sans MS"> 744 <font color="#FFFFFF"> 745 <b> </b></font><u><b><font color="#FFFF99"><a name="Travelogues"></a></font></b></u><font color="#00FF00"><a href="home%20eb%20history.htm#Travelogues" style="text-decoration: none"><b><font color="#00FF00">BLUES 746 </font> </b></a></font> 747 <a href="home%20eb%20history.htm#Travelogues" style="text-decoration: none"><font color="#00FF00"> 748 <b>TRAVELOGUES</b></font></a><b><font color="#FFFF99"> </font></b> 749 <font color="#FFFF99"> 750 <b>NOTICEBOARD</b></font></font></td> 751 </tr> 752 </table> 753 <blockquote> 754 <p><font face="Comic Sans MS"><font color="#4F2E14"><b>Links to 755 photo galleries, articles and essays on trips to the 'Land Where The Blues Began'</b></font><span lang="en-gb"><b><font color="#4F2E14"> 756 ...</font></b></span></font><font color="#000080" face="Comic Sans MS"><p align="left"> 757 <b><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#CC3300">Coming fairly soon... </font> 758 <font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#4F2E14"><br> 759 1 - </font><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#990033">'Deep South 760 Country Blues, Plantations and New Orleans Jazz' </font> 761 <font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#4F2E14">: <br> 762 Mississippi, Arkansas, Louisiana and 763 Tennessee<br> 764 (including Memphis, Helena, 765 Clarksdale, Vicksburg, Natchez, New Orleans, Jackson and Nashville)<br> 766 2 - </font><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#990033">'Piedmont/East 767 Coast Blues and the Civil Rights Movement'</font><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#4F2E14"> 768 : <br> 769 Georgia, South Carolina, Tennessee 770 and Alabama<br> 771 (including Atlanta, Macon, Savannah, 772 Charleston, Chattanooga, Birmingham and Montgomery)<br> 773 3 - </font><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#990033">'Urban Blues, 774 Chicago and Route 66'</font><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#4F2E14"> 775 : <br> 776 Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, 777 Texas, New Mexico, Arizona and California<br> 778 (including </font></b> 779 <span lang="en-gb"><b><font color="#502E13" face="Comic Sans MS">The Chicago Blues 780 Festival</font></b></span></font><span lang="en-gb"><b><font face="Comic Sans MS"><font color="#502E13" face="Comic Sans MS"> 781 a</font><font color="#4F2E14" face="Comic Sans MS">nd Route 66 782 oddities)</font></font></b></span><font color="#000080" face="Comic Sans MS"><b><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#4F2E14"><br> 783 4 - </font><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#990033">'Hillbilly 784 Country, The Blues Ridge Mountains, The Underground Railroad & The 785 American Civil War'</font><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#4F2E14">:<br> 786 Pennsylvania, Virginia and North 787 Carolina<br> 788 (including Philadelphia, Gettysburg, 789 Roanoke, Galax, Petersburg, Richmond and Manassas)<br> 790 5 - </font><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#990033">'St Louis 791 Blues, Steamboats and The Underground Railroad'</font><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#4F2E14"> 792 : <br> 793 Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, Kentucky, 794 Ohio, Indiana and Michigan<br> 795 (including Chicago, Davenport, 796 Springfield, St Louis, Cairo, Louisville, Cincinnati and Battle 797 Creek)</font></b></p> 798</font></blockquote> 799 </td> 800 </tr> 801 <tr> 802 <td bgcolor="#DBAE84" height="39" valign="top" background="USA08-2%20318p950.jpg"> 803 <p> </p> 804<p><br> 805<br> 806<br> 807 </p> 808<p> </p> 809<p> </p> 810<p> </p> 811<p align="right"><font color="#FFFFFF" face="Comic Sans MS"> </font><font face="Comic Sans MS">Moorhead, Mississippi</font><font color="#FFFFFF" face="Comic Sans MS"> 812 <br> 813 ©<font size="2"> Copyright 2008 Alan White. All Rights Reserved</font> 814. </font><font face="Comic Sans MS">"Where the Southern Crosses the Yellow 815Dog"</font></td> 816 </tr> 817 <tr> 818 <td bgcolor="#6F492C" height="39" valign="top"> 819<div align="center"> 820<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#FFFFFF">"Where the Southern Crosses The 821Yellow Dog"<br> 822The junction at Moorhead looking to the west (the Southern Railroad, now the 823Columbus & Greenville) running west and east and the Yellow Dog (the Yazoo Delta 824Railroad), running north and south. <br> 825© Copyright 2008 Alan White. All Rights Reserved</font></div> 826 </td> 827 </tr> 828 <tr> 829 <td bgcolor="#DBAE84" height="39" valign="top"> 830<font face="Comic Sans MS"> 831 <p align="justify"><b>Purpose and Acknowledgements</b></p> 832<p align="justify"><b> 833<img border="0" src="index.26.gif" align="right" hspace="10" style="border: 2px solid #000000"></b><span lang="en-gb">T</span>his 834<span lang="en-gb">is the <u>original</u> 'Earlyblues.com</span>
834' Website<span lang="en-gb">, 835 first published</span> 836 in October 2000<span lang="en-gb"> </span>by </font> 837<font color="#000080" face="Comic Sans MS"> 838<a href="Alan%20White.htm"> 839 <font color="#000000">Alan White</font></a></font><font face="Comic Sans MS"> 840 as an on-line information resource specialising in early blues music. It has 841been</font><span lang="en-gb"><font face="Comic Sans MS"> regularly developed since then with a vast range 842 of excellent material which I hope you enjoy. <br> 843<br> 844 The purpose of the website </font> 845 </span> 846<font face="Comic Sans MS"> 847 is to <span lang="en-gb">b</span>roaden awareness 848 and understanding of <span lang="en-gb">the origins of </span> 849 blues music and<span lang="en-gb"> to</span> encourage and support live 850 blues music - 'keeping the blues alive'. This is done by: <font face="Symbol"><br> 851 ¨ </font>researching, producing <span lang="en-gb">and publishing </span>blues articles and essays<br> 852 <font face="Symbol">¨ </font> 853promoting blues 854 books, DVDs, films and Internet based blues radio<br> 855 <font face="Symbol">¨ </font> 856promoting and supporting UK and European blues festivals with reviews and 857photographic portfolios<br> 858 <font face="Symbol">¨ </font>researching for and interviewing blues artists and bands<br> 859 <font face="Symbol">¨ </font> 860 encouraging and promoting budding blues artists and 861 bands <br> 862 <font face="Symbol">¨ </font> 863supporting 864 associated blues societies and blues magazines<br> 865 <font face="Symbol">¨ </font> 866 maintaining this website (incorporating 867 all of the above)</p> 868<p align="left"> 869</font> 870<span lang="en-gb"> 871<font face="Comic Sans MS"> 872 Many thanks to all contributors over the 873years, there are many of them so I've listed their details on a separate page 874which you can view 875</font> 876<font color="#000080" face="Comic Sans MS"> 877 <a target="_blank" href="contributors.htm"><font color="#000000">here</font></a></font><font face="Comic Sans MS">. I really do appreciate all 878their help. If you as the reader would like to contribute or comment in any way 879I'm always glad to hear from you. Just email me at 880</font> 881<font color="#4F2E14" face="Comic Sans MS"> 882<a href="mailto:[email protected]"><font color="#000000">[email protected]</font></a><font face="Comic Sans MS"> 883</font> 884</font> 885 </span> 886<font face="Comic Sans MS"> 887 </p> 888 <p><span lang="en-gb"> 889 Now if your interest is the history of Gospel Music check out 890 the sister website 891 <font color="#4F2E14" face="Comic Sans MS"> 892 <a target="_blank" href="http://www.earlygospel.com/"> 893 <font color="#000000">www.earlygospel.com</font></a><font face="Comic Sans MS"> 894</font> 895 </font> 896 </span> 897</font> 898<font face="Comic Sans MS"> 899 </p> 900 <p>I</font><span lang="en-gb"><font face="Comic Sans MS">f you are 901 interested in the long term research project 'Slave To The Blues' then check out the </font> 902 <font color="#4F2E14" face="Comic Sans MS"> 903 <a target="_blank" href="home%20eb%20history.htm"> 904 <font color="#000000">Blues Essays</font></a></font><font face="Comic Sans MS"> and also my website 905 </font> 906<font color="#4F2E14" face="Comic Sans MS"> 907 <font color="#4F2E14"> 908 <a target="_blank" href="http://www.undergroundrailroad.org.uk/"> 909 <font color="#000000">www.undergroundrailroad.org.uk</font></a></font><font face="Comic Sans MS"> 910</font> 911</font> 912 <font face="Comic Sans MS"> 913 which gives an</font></span><font face="Comic Sans MS"> 914 insight into the Underground Railroad movement during American slavery 915 times.</p> 916</font> 917<font color="#000080" face="Comic Sans MS"> 918<p align="left"><font color="#990033"><a href="Alan%20White.htm"> 919<font color="#000000">Alan White</font></a></font></font><font face="Comic Sans MS"> - earlyblues.com</font></p> 920<p align="left"><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2">Image from advert in the 921Chicago Defender, 23rd January 1926</font><font color="#000080" face="Comic Sans MS"><font color="#990033"><br> 922 </font></p> 923</font></td> 924 </tr> 925 <tr> 926 <td bgcolor="#C0C0C0" height="39" valign="top"> 927<b><u><font face="Comic Sans MS">Important!</font></u></b><p> 928<font face="Comic Sans MS"> 929 930 <span lang="en-gb"><u>For the record</u>: t</span>his is an 931on-line educational information resource website and 932 <u>
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