Bad Dog Blues Radio

This month we focus take a look again at some great blues resources on the web. While there are thousands of pages dedicated to the blues on the web the below sites were chosen for the wealth of information and the sheer amount of research that went into them. Also we take a look at some sites related to Alan Lomax and Raeburn Flerlage two blues pioneers who have recently passed away. In the future we plan on spotlighting more sites.

Alan Lomax Website: Alan Lomax passed away on July 19th leaving behind a vast legacy of writings and recordings. This website contains a wealth of information on Lomax's work.

Southern Mosaic : Find out more about the Lomax family from the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress. The site includes nearly 700 sound recordings, as well as fieldnotes, dust jackets, and other manuscripts documenting a three-month, 6,502-mile trip through the southern United States in 1939 by John Lomax.

Blues Access Photo Gallery: Raeburn Flerlage: An article by Living blues editor Scott Barretta on blues photographer Raeburn Flerlage who recently passed away. Includes photos.

Blues Access Photo Gallery: Raeburn Flerlage Pt. II: More Raeburn Flerlage photos with text by Francis X. Pavy.

Early Blues: Informative website filled with essays on the blues, a chronology of the blues, a blues forum and more.

American Music: A sprawling website devoted to American roots music with plenty of blues content. The site contains links to huge list of musicians in addition to profiles of blues labels like Yazoo, Bluesville, Trix Records and others. A fascinating and eclectic site.

Long Time Coming: Cannon's Jug Stompers: A comprehensive look at The Cannon Jug Stompers one of the great jug bands of all time. Contains a biography, audio, pictures, lyrics and more.

Dead Blues Guys: Take a virtual tour of the final resting places of famous and not so famous blues artists.

Junior's Juke Joint: In Junior's Juke Joint you'll find pictures, stories and maps to Delta juke joints such as Bubba's, Roque's Blues Hall, The Flowing Fountain and many others. As Junior says: "I'm not talking about white people blues bars filled with college students. I'm talking about edge-of-a-cotton-field juke joints filled with real Delta folks."

Hard Hitting Blues Series: A series of well written and informative articles on blues from the PopMatters website. In the series you'll find articles on Blues & Boxing, Willie Dixon, Champion Jack, Johnny Copeland and others.