Bad Dog Blues Radio

This month we focus on great blues resources on the web. While there are thousnads 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. These sites are particularly helpful to blues researchers and to the serious blues fan. In the future we plan on spotlighting more sites.

All Music Guide: One of the best blues resources on the web. The huge All Music online database contains biographies on almost every bluesman you can think of plus album reviews and artist discography's. The ability to search by artist, song title or label is also helpful.

Harry's Blues Lyrics Online: Huge site containing thousands of blues lyrics indexed by artist, title and topic.

Eric's Blues Dates: A helpful guide to blues birthdays and deaths. Just click on the date for a complete of what blues figures born and died on that date. A useful site for blues researchers and DJ's.

Blues Bibliographic Database: When fully implemented, this database will hold some 15.000 references to articles in magazines, books, articles in books, and liner/booklet notes. Currently all magazine articles have been loaded (10.000+ records). A goldmine of information for the blues researchers.

This Week In Blues: Breaks down blues history into monthly chunks detailing famous recording sessions an other noteworthy events. Another useful site for blues researchers and DJ's.

Red Saunders Research: The Red Saunders Research Foundation is dedicated to increasing our knowledge of the musicians who filled the clubs and recording studios of Chicago with great music during the two decades after World War II. This is an incredibly detailed and researched site with a list of members that include many well known blues/jazz researchers. Among the sections are features on forgotten artists like Tom Archia, The Four Blazes, Jimmy Coe, The Dozier Boys, Oett "Sax" Mallard and many others. There's also detailed record label profiles of Chess, Aristocrat, Chance, JOB, Miracle, Parrot and others.

Document Records: This is the online site for Document Records but also contains a wealth of blues information that can be found on the web plus articles..

Pre-War Blues & Gospel Discography: This online discography details all known issues on microgroove (LPs, EPs, 45 rpm singles) of blues and gospel recordings made prior to 1943. Artists are listed alphabetically, their recordings chronologically. The label index includes information on the records - in label order - including titles, year of issue, series, editors, liner notes writers, number of tracks

Sonny Boy's Lonesome Cabin: The definitive site on Sonny Boy Williamson II. Includes a discography, biography pictures and more.

Something Inside Of Me- Tribute To Elmore James: The material on this website was originally commissioned in January 1983 for the magazine Soul Bag as a special issue, celebrating the 20th anniversary of Elmore James's death. At the time it brought together, from many disparate sources, all the known scholarship on Elmore James, his life and music. Contains a discography, bibliography and biography.

Howlin' Wolf- Bull Cow Moanin' At Midnight: A comprehensive site tackling the huge legacy of Howlin' Wolf. Contains a biography, a large discography, lyrics, stories and a bibliography.

The World's Greatest Blues Singer: Claus Röhnisch's sprawling John Lee Hooker site is an amazing resource containing everything you could by the boogie man. Among the features: a biography, complete session discographys, singles discography, year-by-year recap, essential CDs and much more.