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Places to visit

The list of blues music related sites seems almost endless. So on this page you'll find only a small personal selection of my favorite blues related sites which I think are the most interesting.

Number of categories: 16
Number of links: 72
Last updated: September 17 2000

Categories:

Blues sites	General music sites	Stores/Misc.
Blues lyrics (4)	General lyrics sites (15)	Music & books (7)
Blues MP3/Audio (5)	Tabs & chords (10)	Friends of Harry's (1)
Blues lessons (2)	General MP3/Audio (2)	.
General blues sites (4)	General music sites (5)	.
Blues links sites (4)	General music links sites (2)	.
Blues guitar/harmonica/piano (1)
Blues societies (2)	.	.
Blues record labels (6)	.	.
Blues artists & Bands (1)	.	.

Friends of Harry's
Links to sites of people who contributed in some way to build and maintain this site.

Link	Description
Tweed's Blues	A fellow blues addict and friend of Harry's, helping me and visitors of this site out with his blues knowledge, advice and tips, on and off the Blues Message Board. He's only just started out but is already offering a message board, visitor crontributed pics and selected links. You won't regret stopping by and say hello to Tweed!.

Blues lyrics
Links to sites that have blues lyrics posted and links to pages/sites with links to blues lyrics sites.

Link	Description
Blues Lyrics On line	Another blues lyrics site, the motto?. "You'll find here some pretty obscure songs by some pretty obscure artists"
The Lyrics Library, blues	A huge library of lyrics links, has a small but growing blues lyrics section
Maria's Lyrics Links, blues	A huge collection of lyrics and music links. Keep that big pot of coffee handy, 'cause you'll spent hours surfing from here !.
Magic Marks Blooze Page	"The No 1 Blues and Swing Lyrics Page", Hmm, I think I have to have a little talk about that claim with Mark!.

Blues MP3/Audio

Link	Description
MP3.com, Blues	The blues genre page of this popular mp3 mega site. Has blues styles sub-cat pages for acoustic, electric, etc. lots of songs.
New! About.com, Blues	Some 20 links to sites with blues mp3 files inlcuding Blind Lemon Jefferson and Bessie Smith songs.
New! Magic Marks Blooze Page	A list with many links to sites and pages with blues mp3 files.
Audio Galaxy, Blues	Good selection of mp3 songs from contemporary blues artists.
New! IUMA (Internet Underground Music Archive), Blues	Good selection of mp3 songs from contemporary blues artists. Presented in top listings. All songs also available in Real Audio.

Blues lessons sites

Link	Description
The Online Guitar Collge - Blues Guitar	An excellent blues lessons site for guitar players. For beginners and intermediate.
New! Jazclass, Blues Email Course	Beginners intro blues lessons.

General blues sites

Link	Description
The Blue Flame Cafe	An interactive biographical encyclopedia of the great blues singers and singers of the blues
The Blue Highway	Blues history, news, chat, soundclips
The Mudcat Cafe	An online magazine dedicated to blues and folk music
Suite 101 Blues	A great site offering blues articles (recommended!), CD reviews, discussion forum, mailing lists, news groups and web site links.
New! Blues On Stage	Your Guide to the Blues in the Twin Cities & Around the World. Includes news, interviews, CD reviews, links, profiles.

Blues links sites

Link	Description
Electric Blues	An excellent links page, some good general music links as well.
New! Blues On Stage	Extensive list of links around the world, search links alphabetically or by category. See also "General blues sites" cat.
New! Beef Stew's Blues Playground	An internet old-timer site with a large collection of links devided into categories like bands & artists, blues societies, labels, etc.
New! The Blue Highway	Another top blues links page.
New! Junior's Juke Joint	Loads of stories and pictures about the blues and the delta. Take the "edge-of-a-cotton-field-juke-joints-filled-with-real-Delta-folks" trip with your host Junior.

Blues guitar/harmonica/piano sites

Link	Description

Blues societies

Link	Description
Skylands Blues Society	The Skylands Blues Society (SBS) of Northwest New Jersey and Eastern Pennsylvania is dedicated to the presentation and preservation of America's indigenous musical art form.
The San Antonio Blues Society	A very well done and informative blues society homepage. Someone's been spending quit some time and dedication to this site, and it shows.

Blues record labels

Link	Description
Arhoolie	Since November 1960 a well known name in the blues record business. Artists: Lightnin' Hopkins, Mance Lipscomb, Mississippi Fred McDowell and others
Chess/MCA	Chess, another well known name. Taken over by MCA, their current site is not finished yet, still a lot of contruction in progress.
Rhino	Publisher of The Blues Masters series. Artists: Albert King, Buddy Guy, John Lee Hooker, Elmore James
Vanguard	Artists: Tab Benoit, Buddy Guy, Mississippi John Hurt, Skip James, Charlie Musselwhite, Otis Spann, Big Mama Thornton
Yazoo	"Yazoo, the premier label for historic traditional blues." Charey Patton, Big Bill Broonzy, Bo Carter, Mississippi John hurt, Robert Wilkins, Skip James, Blind Lemon Jefferson, Blind Willie Johnson, Furry Lewis, Sleepy John Estes, and others
Go here for an extensive list of blues record labels

Artists & Bands

Link	Description
Rudy & The Bluefish	. . . Blues with a Feelin’ A 5 members blues band playing by the motto "the blues is not the blues without a jam"

General lyrics sites

Link	Description
PopLyrics.net	Pop lyrics sorted by artists, also includes billboard listing, soundtracks, karaoke, lyrics search engine and news.
Best Lyrics	Offers lyrics of all popular music genres. Lyrics to the top 15 Billboard albums and the top 30 singles are included as well.
Get Lyrics	"Full album song lyrics, pictures, cover art, search, links, sound clips, requests, discography, etc."
Top 77 Lyrics	"LYRICS links to all current pop songs"
Lyrics World	A truly top lyrics site, Top 40 Hits of 1930-2000, #1 Songs of 1930-2000, Top Singles By Decade, sorted my artist and song.
Char Star	Lots of lyrics to songs that topped the charts throughout the decades, a great labor of love lyrics site!
Leonie's Lyrics Page	A great pop lyrics resource, very up to date. If the song is in any pop-chart, you will find the lyrics here!.
The Lyrics Library	A huge library of lyrics links, has a small but growing blues lyrics section
Maria's Lyrics Links	A huge collection of lyrics and music links. Keep that big pot of coffee handy, 'cause you'll spent hours surfing from here !.
	The Top 50 Tabs/Lyrics/Music Sites
	TOP 20 LYRICS SITES
LyricsFind	One of the better lyrics search engines on the net.
LyricsOrTabs	"The Ultimate Place on the Web to Find Lyrics and Tabs"
Lyrics Today	"Lyrics To Todays Top Songs"

Tabs & chords sites

Link	Description
GuitareTAB	#1 guitar resource.
Tabspider	Guitar and bass tabs.
GuitarBoard.com	The guitar tablature community and database!
GuitarTabs.Net	Haven't found a better place to start hunting for tabs yet!
TabCrawler	"Crawling The Net So You Don't Have To."
Guitartabs	Tabs, tabs, tabs, lyrics and more tabs. Lots of links to tab sites and some lyrics sites.
Guiterseek	Tabs & chords, scales, lyrics, MP3's, charts, forums, gear and much more guitar related stuff.
TabFind	One of the better tab search engines on the net.
Unplugged	Everything related to unplugged guitar playing: guides to playing acoustic blues and jazz, tablature, requests, links and more.
Gitbox	A directory for guitar related info, includes tablature, lessons, guitar products, manufacturers, retailers and more.

General MP3/Audio sites

Link	Description
New! 100 Top MP3 Sites	Very complete list of top mostly commercial mp3 sites.
Visit Music Top100	Top list of mainly MP3 sites

General music sites

Link	Description
AMG - All Music Guide	My No.1 online source for extensive information on all kinds of music, BIG
Harmony-Central	"The Internet Resource for Musicians!". And this is no exaggeration!.
	A good music directory, has quite a lot of lyrics as well
Scott McDonald's Musician Connection	Scott McDonald's Musician Connection for the practicing musician
New! Musician's Tech Central	A major resource for music equipment, recording, MIDI, digital audio, and Indie how-to information.

General music links sites

Link	Description
UBL - Ultimate Band List	Lots of links to artist related pages.
Musiknetz (German)

Online Music Stores

Name	Description
CD Now	No. 1 (self-proclaimed) online music store. They have local sites in the U.K. and Germany.
Amazon	Lots'a books and lots'a music and books, who doesn't know them. They have local sites in the U.K. and Germany.
Tunes	Good selection and more than average number of soundclips to listen to.
UBL - Ultimate Band List	CD's and lots of www links to artist related pages.
Barnes & Noble	Books, CD's, DVD and video's. Large.
BOL (Bertelsmann OnLine)	The online store of top-3 media corporations of the world
Proxis	Belgium based store with a good selection, they have English, French and Dutch books and CD's.

Site created by:
Bluesman Harry
Page last updated on:
September 17 2000