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BRITISH BLUES SITES   US BLUES SITES
Blues UK (The original "Blues in Britain" site)
 A comprehensive list of blues resources in Britain by Paul Bradbeer. Excellent stuff! A top British site.		   Harry's Blues Lyrics Online
 An amazing emporium of blues lyrics and information. Many great links.
The Bulls Head at Barnes
One of London's top Jazz and Blues venues. Stormy Monday sessions, WDBB monthly and Papa George.		   Blue Flame Cafe
 Biographies of hundreds of American Blues artists listed alphabetically - great site!
Early Blues
Alan White's superb audio-visual library of American and British blues.		   Blues on Stage
 Ray Stiles' massive Minnesota-based site. Lots of fantastic stuff!
Blues in London
 The London Blues scene!
Gigs and jams - bands, performers, venues.		   The Blue Highway
 Great site for lovers of all things blue! This is a brilliant jump off point.
Michael Roach and Johnny Mars
Black American bottleneck player/singer and harp man
working in UK - They're real busy!		   Roy Rogers
(Top US bottleneck wizard)
An exquisite virtuoso.
Blues Matters magazine
Another good source of British Blues information.
By people who care.		   Ron Hacker
Top San Francisco-based bottleneck wizard.
He's played with the best. With the Hacksaws.
Michael Messer
Britain's top bottleneck maestro. Lots of information on slide guitars and playing styles, too.		   Living Blues Magazine
 (Mississippi-based mag site)
Keeping it alive.
Ain't Nothin But Blues Bar
(London) The only place in "The Smoke" you can hear blues every night. Tiny but fun. Monday night blues jams.		   Blues World
 One of the top world Blues sites. Lots of information and links.
Paul Jones and The Blues Band
 Paul has helped massively to keep the Blues alive in Britain. He presents blues radio shows (BBC, JazzFM)		   BluesWEB
Another top class site dedicated to all things blue. Great site.
The Farnham Maltings Blues Club
(Surrey) Run by Boogaloo Productions. Blues Festivals
National and international acts. WDBB 4.4.02(Thurs)		   Guy Davis
 Solo guitar/slide/harp/singer. Saw him at the Purcell Room, London 2001. WC Handy award artist.
The Tawe Delta Blues Club
Great live music in Swansea, S.Wales. Run by ex-Dire Straits drummer Terry Williams + Louise		  
The Electric Blues Club
 A comprehensive listing of British Blues venues
Find where to go listen thoughout the UK.		  
Blues in Britain (previously Blueprint magazine)
 British Blues magazine's site - not to be confused with Paul Bradbeer's site. (Paul used name first).		   Blues Access
US magazine has just closed down - sad, but the site with lots of stuff is staying up.
Not a blues link, but a benefit in aid of Mike's brother's daughter, Eve, who was born with Charge Association Syndrome.  

8th Oklahoma Blues Festival
Matt Alcott sent me this link. You wanna hear some stuff? Oklahoma's the place! May3rd/4th, 2002.
The Blues Engineers - John O'Reilly's band - a big London name and a friend of Mike's. John gave Mike one of his earliest breaks! Thanks.   The Slippery Noodle
Just love the name! Oldest bar in Indiana and they play the blues - live! Thanks to the Head Noodle!
Blues Connections A South of London-centered site with good local venue listings and many links. People who love the music and want it to go forward.    
     
EUROPEAN BLUES SITES   WORLD BLUES SITES
Blueslinks
(Holland - in English) Links to EVERYTHING Blue including bands + clubs in US, Europe and the World.		   Blues Association of South East Queensland
 (Australia)
Keeping the blues alive in North Australia.
Knockout Greg and Blue Weather
Best blues band in the world? (in Sweden). Superb style and blue-oooh. Get "Wig Flipper" CD! Brilliant!		   Blue Country News
(Australia)
Excellent site with lots of local and international stuff.
Umeå Blues Club
 Mike got married in this Swedish town first time (!) and played in public first time ever here, too! Weird!		   Mr Blues Online Haven
(Australia)
Lots of links - local and international
Jefferson
(Swedish Blues Magazine) Journal of Scandinavian Blues Association - English and Swedish.		   Kirk Lorange
 (Canadian bottleneck maestro living in Oz) He teaches bottleneck and runs the "Slide Guitar Ring".
Vinkovci Blues
(Croatia) Run by VFM Radio Blues show presenter, Kruno. Many links.		   G'Day Blue
 (Australia) Amazing, massive, comprehensive local and international info. Great site.
Alex Blues Pages
(Germany) Lots of blues lyrics and local and international info and links. English and German.		   DMOZ Open Directory Blues Links
The Open Directory listing of over 1600 blues links. Keep you off the streets a few hours!
Benelux Blues Scene
Everything you need to know about Blues in Belgium, Holland and Luxembourg.		   New Zealand Blues
Excellent and informative site covering an active blues scene in NZ. Much international interest, too!
Crossroads Blues
(Holland) European Blues Agency.
American artists in Europe.		    
Blues and Blues
The Blues in Italy
In Italian language.		    
Blues People (Il popolo del blues)
Italian language site.
Extensive local and international links. 		   
Bluesstikka
Norwegian Blues Magazine - Kristianstad Blues Club
The Blues is really popular in Norway.		    
Hunndalen Blues Club
 (Norway) Attractive site. Massive links page.
One of many Blues clubs in Norway.		    
     
     
     

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