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That Swinging Gate

Mar 9, 2022

Digging back into the Big Bear archives is always a fascinating and often surprising business. For instance, I just came across the programme for the 5th year of our Birmingham…

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Henry’s Bluesletter Turns 100

Mar 3, 2022

So here we are at Henry’s Bluesletter Number 100.  It all started, not at all planned, as a defiant gesture as an effort to help Keep The Blues Alive when…

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The Other Queen Victoria

Feb 28, 2022

One evening in 1974 I had a totally unexpected – and most welcome – phone call. It was Victoria Spivey, who told me that she had heard from other blues…

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Cousin Joe From New Orleans

Feb 17, 2022

Cousin Joe from New Orleans must be one of the most fondly remembered of all the American bluesmen we toured and recorded. Musicians, promoters, journalists and fans who saw him…

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A New Home For Henry’s

Feb 8, 2022

From February 8th, Henry’s Blueshouse will move into its new home. VELVET MUSIC ROOMS 200 Broad Street, Birmingham, B15 1SU Situated just a 2 minutes walk from its previous home…

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Bakerloo Bass Man Back In Town

Jan 8, 2022

Bass guitarist, singer and songwriter of Bakerloo, Terry Poole is back in Birmingham and on the look-out for a local musician to join him in his songwriting and recording projects.…

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Guitar Slim: “The Performingest Man I’ve Ever Seen”

Jan 5, 2022

If there was an award for the most flamboyant, outrageous, eccentric and downright exciting blues singer and guitarist, then there’s little doubt that Guitar Slim would be a contender. Entering…

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Chick Willis: The Stoop Down Man

Jan 1, 2022

Robert Lee Chick Willis was born in Cabaniss, Monroe County, Georgia on September 24, 1934. His career as a singer kicked off when, in 1956, he won the talent show…

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The King Biscuit Boy

Dec 27, 2021

During a recent Blues Talkin’ session at a Tuesday Henry’s Blueshouse, the interviewer, Chris Barrow, called upon guitarist Bob Wilson, introduced him to the audience and proceeded to interrogate him about a milestone…

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Merry Christmas Baby

Dec 23, 2021

The great, irreplaceable Charles Brown, born in Texas City, Texas in 1922, died in Oakland, California in 1999 aged 76. One of the most important and influential of blues musicians – Percy…

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