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		<title>My Personal History of the Blues: Part 2</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Well, Leroy Pearson got my attention with Elmore James.  I started to listen to his radio program every week.  I made sure I was home and on time for the show.  It was followed by a folk music show that played on Navy Pier in Chicago and I made sure I listened to both programs [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Blues Festivals: Part 1</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There seems to be more Blues festivals across the country every year. The first Blues festival I attended was in St. Louis.  Actually, I went to the festival in St. Louis for several years.  I think that the first made more of an impression than the others or maybe the have all just melded together [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The History of Blues Music: Part 3</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Blues music took off.  People in the music industry began to notice the Blues performers and their songs.  More songs were made public and more songs were written. The record and sheet music companies began to market Blues music.  Blues became so popular that a lot of music was released with the word Blues in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Some Thoughts on Much of Modern Music History:  Part 2</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We have covered the African-American influence on Rock and Roll and Bluegrass Music.  Of course, Blues Music is still going strong in lots of venues and a  lot of areas of the country.  Maybe it is stronger than ever before.  It is also my favorite music as I stated in my first post. Ragtime music [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Big Bill Broonzy: Part 3</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Broonzy&#8217;s  European tour proved successful.  He received standing ovations and critical praise.  Back in the states he began touring with folk artists such a Pete Seeger and Leadbelly.  He became more financially secure and was able to stop working outside of the music business.   His music went back to the more folk oriented style [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Some thoughts on Much of Modern Music History:  Part 1</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When I look at most of the music that I hear today I can trace the roots of that music right back to an African-American heritage.  Well all right.  I don&#8217;t think that there is much African-American heritage in Opera but then again I don&#8217;t listen to Opera of my own free will.  I do [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Willie Brown</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It appears that there may have been at least two Delta Bluesmen named Willie Brown.  We do know that there was a Willie Brown that was a guitar player and is credited with writing the song &#8221; Mississippi Blues.&#8221;  The movie &#8220;Crossroads&#8221; with Ralph Machio describes him as a harmonica player and it is possible [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Albert King: the Ultimate Collection</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I have decided that I would like to review some of the music from my collection.  I am not getting any of this music free and if I ever do I will let you know.  I have a large cd collection and I loaded most of this music into my laptop and it says that [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.blueshistory.cluesandreviews.com/albert-king-the-ultimate-collection.html</link>
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		<title>Big Bill Broonzy: Part 2</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Lester Melrose and producer for a number of  labels, Champion and Gerrett Records. Broonzy released several sides in 1931 under the name of Big Bill Johnson.  He then went to New Yourk and recorded more sides for other record companies. Some of these recordings became better known and he went back tp Chicago and began [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Blues Music History</title>
		<description><![CDATA[W. C. Handy is said to be responsible for Blues as we know it today..  It has been reported that one day he heard a man playing and singing some music that was unlike anything he had ever heard before..  He was impressed by the music and copied the style and went on to write [...]]]></description>
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