Table of contents

Meaning of words

Sayings and blues related words (1)
In this column: Terraplane, Axe-handle pistol,Tombstone bullets, Meet me at the bottom, Robert Johnson, Pink Higgins, Muddy Waters, Johnny Winter, Otis Span, Buddy Moss, Bumble Bee Slim, Pink Anderson

Sayings and blues related words (2)
In this column: Riding the blind, Riding the axes, Armful of Greyhound, Shut your damper down, Eddie Mapp, Sam Cooke, Jimmy Burns, Magic Sam

Sayings and blues related words (3)
In this column: Signifying, Match box hold my clothes, Baby bought a ticket, Sonny Boy Williamson, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Albert King, Howling Wolf, Lucky Peterson

Rider story (1)
In this column: See See Rider, Rider, freeloaders, traveling blues men, Fore Day Rider, Ma Rainey, Alan Lomax, LeRoy Carr, Jay McShann

Rider Story (2)
In this column: Easy Rider, Pimp Walk, Rider, Day Rider, Ghost Rider, Leadbelly, Blind Lemon Jefferson, Lennon/McCartney, Jim Morrison, Stan Jones

Fore Day Creep, Grinding, Axe to grind
In this column: Fore Day Creep, Creepers, Don't advertise your man, Grinding, Can't get no grinding, Axe to grind, Bushel and a peck, Ida Cox, Bessie Smith, Sippie Wallace, Kansas Joe and Memphis Minnie, Muddy Waters 

Shorty George, Sippy Wallace, Lead Belly
In this column: Shorty George Blues, Shorty George, Sippie Wallace, Lead Belly, John Mayall and The Bluesbreakers, Shorty George Snowden, Fred Astaire and Rita Hayworth, Mailed in the air, Monkey Man, Alan Lomax, James Baker, Mallory Line

Boll Weevil, The Katy, Bessie Tucker
In this column: Weevil, Boll Weevil, The Katy, The Santa Fe, The Mule, Bessie Tucker, Taj Mahal, Big Joe Williams

Animals (1)
In this column: Symbolic meaning of animals in blues lyrics, pig in a sack, cow and milk, bee's, low down dog, salty dog, Roosevelt Sykes, Sara Martin, Ida Cox, Memphis Minnie, Leroy Carr and Scrapper Blackwell, Mississippi John Hurt, T-Bone Walker, PART1

Animals (2)
In this column: Symbolic meaning of animals in blues lyrics, pullet, cockerel, chicken, rooster, Little Red Rooster, Bessie Tucker, Louis Jordan, T-Model Ford, Mississippi John Hurt, Sam Cooke and Billy Preston, PART2

Animals (3)
In this column: Symbolic meaning of animals in blues lyrics, fattening frogs for snakes, monkey, dog, cat, kingsnake, catfish, Sonny Boy Williamson, Virginia Liston, Bumble Bee Slim, Tampa red, B.B. King, John Lee Hooker and Ry Cooder, Robert Petway, PART3

Love relationships gone bad
In this column: Dust my broom, Mop the floor, Moppers blues, Help me, Diggin my potatoes, Cabbage sprouts, Tattoos all red, Elmore James, Howling Wolf, Big Bill Broonzy, Sonny Boy Williams, Muddy Waters, Washboard Sam, Memphis Minnie

Soul food (1)
In this column: soul food, downhome southern food, catfish, turnips, tutagabas, cornbread, ham hocks, red beans, cobbler, neck bones, chitlins, Sunnyland Slim, Otis Span and Fleetwood Mac, Papa Charlie Jackson, Kenny Burrell, Chili Blues

Food (2)
In this column: jelly roll, squeeze my lemon, all that meat and no potatoes, Jelly Roll Morton and his Red Hot Peppers, Charley Patton, Robert Johnson, Art McKay, Fats Waller, Louis Armstrong, Velma Middleton

Food (3)
In this column: kidney stew, grits ain't groceries, potatoes, potato head, Sweet Potato Blues, Potato Head Blues, Eddie 'Cleanhead' Vinson, Little Milton, Muddy Waters, Lonnie Johnson, Louis Armstrong

Food: drinks (4)
In this column: moonshine, corn, white lightning, canned heat, Sonny Boy Williamson, Lewis Black, George Jones, Mississippi Fred McDowell

Food: drinks (5)
In this column: bottle it up and go, bucket's got a hole in it, beer bucket, bourbon, sloppy drunk, John Lee Hooker, Washboard Sam, John Lee Hooker, Sonny Boy Willamson, Whistler's Jug Band (Folding Bed)

About St.James Infirmary and Dying Crapshooter Blues
In this column: the songs - St. James Infirmary, Crapshooters Blues, Pneumonia Blues, clothing and more - straight-lace shoes, box-back coat, Stetson hat (homburg), standing pat, double breasted, pallbearers, 'dig my grave with the ace of spades', bootleggers, buggy riders, coupla tens, hoodoo wagon, The Charleston, black (the wearing of...), BVD's, Louis Armstrong, Blind Willie McTell, Arthur Crudup, Blind Lemon Jefferson

Terms related to religion and the church (Part 1, The Bible)
In this column: Judgement day, Twelve gates to the city (three in the east, three west, three south and three south), When the saints go marching in, Beulah Land, Outshine the sun, Hand writing on the wall, Snooky Pryor, Blind Boy Fuller, Barbecue Bob, Mavis Staples

Terms related to religion and the church (Part 2, History)
In this column: Amen Corner, Gin House Blues, Alabama March, Lion's den, God locked their jaw, Swing low sweet chariot, Papa Charlie Jackson, J.B.Lenoir, Levester "Big Lucky" Carter

Religion (Part 3) Gospel, Blues and Denomination Blues
In this column: Gospel, Blues, Denomination Blues, Getting the blues, Washington Phillips, Rosetta Tharpe, Ry Cooder, Big Bill Broonzy

Multiple word meanings in blues lyrics (1)
In this column: Bumble Bee, Bumble Bee Blues, Bob Lee Junior, Bob Lee Junior Blues, Natchez, Mississippi, Salty Dog Blues, Black Pony Blues, foxtrot and pace, gait, Charlie, Drayman Blues, peaches and don't shake my tree, potatoes and don't dig so deep, Memphis Minnie, Memphis Jug Band, Bo Carter, Arthur Crudup, T-Bone walker, Clifford Gibson

Multiple word meanings in blues lyrics (2)
In this column: funny caper, capers, funny caper blues, slick caper blues, Memphis Willie B., Robben Ford, hookworm blues, hookworm, Blind Blake, rounder, Memphis Rounder Blues, Frank Stokes, Emmett Murray

Tipple Blues, Tomcat Blues, Diamond dust
In this column: Tipple Blues, tipple, minecarts, Austin and Lee Allen, Tomcat Blues, Freddie Spruell, Lightnin' Hopkins, Diamond Dust, hop, Cannon's Jug Stompers 

History

The Blues Masters
In this column: documentaries about the story of the blues, famous artists, styles, cities like Chicago, Memphis and New Orleans, American blues festivals and blues festival tour in Europe.

When the levee broke, Back Water Blues
In this column: Mississippi River flood of 1927, also called Great Flood of 1927, flooding of the lower Mississippi River valley in April 1927, one of the worst natural disasters in the history of the United States. More than 23,000 square miles (60,000 square km) of land was submerged, hundreds of thousands of people were displaced, and around 250 people died.

Big Joe Williams and Howlin’ Wolf and Highway 49 Blues
In this column: Highway 49, Mississippi, Gulfport, Tutwiler, Greenwood North Jackson, Big Joe Williams, Clarksdale, Crossroads, Howling Wolf, Old Highway 49, Saucier, Perkinston

Tryin’ to flag a ride at The Crossroads
In this column: The story behind The Crossroads in Clarksdale

Route 66
In this column: The history and importance of Route 66, cities, the route, landscape, the highway in photos, dust bowl, Will Rogers Highway, Bobby Troup, Nat King Cole, Chuck Berry, Rolling Stones

Great 78 Project – 78 RPMs and Cylinder Recordings
In this column: The Great 78 project, 78 rpm records, Vocalion Records, Henry Thomas - Bull Doze Blues, Canned Heat - Going up the country, Tommy Johnson, Canned Heat Blues, Sterno

Iconic guitars (1)
In this column: Hard Rock (Bukka White), Nine-string guitar (Big Joe Williams), Kalamazoo Model KG-14 (Robert Johnson), resonader guitar, 1930s Stella parlour guitar

Iconic guitars: the Kings (2)
In this column: Lucille (B.B.King), lucy (Albert King), Gibson ES-345 Cherry Red (Freddie King), Gibson Flying V, Gibson L-30, Gibson ES-355, Gibson Memphis 1964 345

Iconic guitars (3)
In this column: The Hoss (Muddy Waters), Gibson ES-335 Lefty (Otis Rush), Old Lady (Albert Collins), 1958 Fender Telecaster, Gibson ES-335, 1966 Fender Custom Telecaster Ash

Iconic guitars (4)
In this column: large Gibson hollow bodies (T-Bone Walker), Nancy (Roy Buchanan), Number One (Stevie Tay Vaughan), 1953 Fender Blackguard Telecaster, Fender Stratocaster ('63 body, '62 neck, '59 pickups)

Iconic guitars: British and an Irish man (5)
In this column: Blackie (Eric Clapton), Greeny (Peter Green), Ex-sunburst (Rory Gallagher), 1956 Fender Stratocaster Black, 1959 Gibson Les Paul, 1961 Fender Stratocaster Sunburst, Lazarus (Joe Bonamassa)

Guitarists (1): left-handed
In this column: guitarists who play left-handed: Albert King, Jimi Hendrix, Doyle Bramhall, Otis Rush

Guitarists (2): capo men
In this column: guitarists which use a capo, Albert Collins, Eddie Jones, Clarence Gatemouth Brown

Guitarists (3): slides (1)
In this column: slides, bottlenecks, Robert Johnson, Elmore James, Earl Hooker, Cebell Davis, Wah Wah pedal

Guitarists (4): slides (2)
In this column: different ways to hold the slide, Bonnie Raid, Joe Walsh, Derek Trucks, Muddy Waters, Sonny Landreth, Duane Allman, Jerry Douglas, Robert Randolph, Elmore James, J.B.Hutto, Rory Gallagher, Lil'Ed, Keb Mo

Guitarists: Every Day I Have the Blues
In this column: Every day i have the blues, Eric Clapton, B.B. King, Albert King, Elmore James, T-Bone Walker, Buddy Guy, Jack Pearson with Josh Smith & Kirk Fletcher, Robert J. Lockwood, Peter Greens Fleetwood Mac, Memphis Slim with Matt “Guitar” Murphy, Jimmy Burns, Matt Schofield & Henrik Freischlader, Luther Allison with Otis Rush & Eric Clapton, Johnny Winter & B.B. King, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Jimmy Witherspoon & Robben Ford

Roadmaps to explore American folk, roots, blues music
In this column: websites which offer a road map to the history of American folk, roots, blues music, vernacular-shellac, Weenie Campbell, Bill Boslaugh, Harry Smith, Curt in Australia

Kokomo Blues
In this column: Kokomo, Kokomo Blues, Sweet Home Chicago, Madlyn Davis, James "Kokomo" Arnold, Francis "Scrapper" Blackwell, Freddie Spruell, Robert Johnson, Eleven Ligth City, speakeasy, Big `Boy Knox, Elwood Haynes, The Pioneer

Nicknames and Stage Names (1)
In this column: nicknames, stage names, Chicago Bob Nelson, Howlin' Wolf, Mance Lipscomb, Muddy Waters, Jimmy Rogers, Speckled Red, Pine Top Smith, Pine Top Sparks, Pine Top Perkins, Lindberg Sparks, Tampa Red, Homesick James, Big Bill Broonzy

Nicknames and Stage Names (2)
In this column: nicknames, stage names, Blind Teddy Darby, Blind Roosevelt Graves, Uaroy Graves, Sonny Terry, Brownie McGhee, Reverend Gary Davis, Blind Lemon Jefferson, Blind Boy Fuller, Blind Blake, Blind Willie McTell, Blind Willie Johnson, Sleepy John Estes, Charlie Specks McFadden

Nicknames and stage names (3)
In this column: nicknames, stage names, Little Milton, Little Walter, Lil' Son Jackson, Little Brother Montgomery, Little Smokey Smothers, Little Hat Jones, Little Hatch, John Littlejohn, Aron Burton, Chris Strachwitz

Nicknames and Stage Names (4)
In this column: nicknames, stage names, the bigs, Big Bill Broonzy, Big Joe Williams, Big Joe Turner, Big Boy Cudrup, Big Walter Hornton, Big Moose Walker, big-tall-slim, Long John Hunter, Hollywood Fats, Birdlegg Pitmann, Slim Harpo, Lightnin' Slim

Nicknames and stage names (5)
In this column: nicknames, stage names, lightnin', smokey, smoking, magic, mighty, Maxwell Street Jimmy Davis, Lightnin' Hopkins, Smokey Robinson, The Miracles, Smokin' Joe Kubek, Bnois King, Smokin' Joe Bonamassa, Smokey Hogg, Magic Sam, Magic Slim, The Teardrops, Mighty Joe Young

Nicknames and stage names (6)
In this column: nicknames, stage names, phonetic spellings, Cat Iron Carradine, T-Bone Walker, Oak Cliff T-Bone, Bukka White, Booker T. Jones, The MG's, Lead Belly, Jaybird Coleman, The Birmingham Jug Band, Bo Weavil Jackson, Magic Sam, John Avery Lomax, Wah Ming Chang, Frederic Ramsey, Music from the South, Horace Sprott

Nicknames and stage names (7)
In this column: nicknames, stage names, Memphis Minnie, Little Son Joe, Memphis, Mickey Baker, Mississippi John Hurt, Mississippi Fred McDowell, Texas Alexander, Little Hat Jones, Georgia Tom Dorsey, Kansas City Red, Carolina Slim, Tallahassee Tight, Spark Plug Smith, Honeyboy Edwards, Robert Johnson, Dick Spottswood, Tom Hoskins, Alan Lomax, Shirley Collins, Christian Garrison

Nicknames and stage names (8)
In this column: nicknames, stage names, Mickey Guitar Baker, Guitar Shorty, Guitar Slim, Earl King, Eddie "Guitar" Burns, John Lee Hooker, BJ Hegen Blues Band, Guitar Nubbit, Matt Guitar Murphy, Memphis Slim, The Blues Brothers, Washboard Sam, Harmonica Shah, Howard Glazer

Nicknames and stage names (9)
In this column: nicknames, stage names, Papa Egg Shell, Hambone Eillie Newbern, Hogman Maxey, Steve Hickman, Scrapper Blackwell, Skip James, Son House, Hacksaw Harney, Rabbit Brown, Roosevelt "Grey Ghost" Williams, Jake Edwards, Louisiana Red, Peetie Wheatstraw, Shakey Jake, Harry Oster, Angola State Penitentiary, Studs Terkel, Gene Rosenthal, Adelphi studios

Nicknames and stage names (10)
In this column: nicknames, stage names, Hip Linkchain, Hound Dog taylor, Keb' Mo', Ronnie Earl, Earl Hooker, Tail Dragger Jones, Dr. Ross, Burn Down Garnett, pianists: professors and barrelhouse, Professor Longhair, Dr. John, Champion Jack Dupree, King Curtis, Fats Domino, Henry Gray, personal note, John Avery Lomax and Ruby Lomax, Parchman Farm

Nicknames and stage names (11, end)
In this column: Duke Robillard, Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong, Gatemouth Brown, Peg Leg Sam, Willie "Big Eyes" Smith, Boodle It Wiggins, Pee Wee Crayton, Boo Boo Davis, Jan Mittendorp, John Gerritse, James "Thunderbird" Davis, Mojo Buford, Muddy Waters, Yank Rachell, Mighty Flea Conners, "alter ego", Jimmy Rogers/James Lane, Ronnie Earl and the Broadcasters, Taj Mahal, personal note, Greyhound Blues Band, Jon Meyerjon, The Doggoners, Martin van der Velde, George Snijder, Michiel Mens, Lars Müller, Richard Koster, Mick van Heijningen, Anne Doedens, 't Keerpunt Spijkerboor

Blues enthusiasts; introduction (1)
In this column: blues enthusiasts, folklorists, musicologists, introduction, the content of the episodes,Alan Lomax, American Patchwork, New Orleans, Kentucky, North Carolina, Louisiana, Mississippi, Arizona, history, folklorists and musicologists 1930 -1050, 1950 -1980, from 1980 onwards, Swingmaster, The Mojo Triangle, Natchez, Old Zip Coon (Al Bernard), The Choctaw and Chickasaw, Jimmie Rodgers, Robert Johnson, Delta Blues, Memphis Blues, Chicago Blues, David Hoffman, William Ferris, back story about B.B. King at Sing Sing Prison (New York State), James Brown, B.B. King, Bobby Bland, Willie Kent and The Gents

Blues enthusiasts; motivation (2)
In this column: blues enthusiasts, folklorists, musicologists, motivation, passion, Nat Blythe, adventures of a ballad hunter, George Lyman Kittredge, Cowboy Songs, John Avery Lomax, Henry Lebermann, Uncle Rich Brown, Muddy Waters, Son Simms, interview Muddy at Stovall's Plantation, Son Simms Four, Bruce Jackson, wake Up Dead Man, Tim Duffy, Eric Clapton, Axel Küstner, Michael Roach, SundayBlues.org, Big Joe Williams, Bob Dylon, Alan Lomax, help and funding, Jewish people playing a key role, Jewish and African American Diaspora, Diaspora visualized

Blues enthusiasts; The Lomaxes (3)
In this column: blues enthusiasts, folklorists, musicologists, the lomaxes, John Avery Lomax, Bess Brown Lomax, Ruby Terrill Lomax, Shirley Duggan Lomax, Bess Hawes Lomax, John Jr. Lomax, Alan Lomax, Bob Dylon, Richard Amerson, singing cowboy, Jack Thorpe, Lucky Luke, balladhunter, Library of Congress, Nolan Porterfield, Home on a Range, Henry and Virginia Lebermann, Michael Corconan, James Richardson, Herman Meyers, Lead Belly, House of the Rising Sun, Georgia Turner, Wade Ward, Association for Culture Equity, Woody Guthrie, Lilly Mae Ledford, Pete Seeger, Don Flemming, Charles Kuralt, the Songhunter Documentary

Other blues enthusiasts (4A)
In this column: blues enthusiasts, folklorists, musicologists, Harry Oster, Stefan Wirz, Butch Cage, Willie B. Thomas, Lawrence Gellert, negro songs of protest, Heritage Records, Bruce Conforth, unknown prisoner performing Mr. Tyree, Bruce Jackson, On the Inside, Pete, Toshi and Daniel Seeger, Afro-American Work Songs, Sam Charters, Fury Lewis, Sleepy John Estes, Ann Charters, Singing the Blues at UConn, Izzy Young, Mack McCormick, The Smithsonian Folkways, Spider Kilpatrick, A Robert Johnson Blues Odyssey, Playing for the at the Door, Lightnin' Hopkins, mance Lipscomb, Joe Patterson, Bongo Joe Coleman, David Evans, Big Road Blues, Jack Owens, Afro-American Folk Music, Rounder Records, Sid Hemphill, Jessie Mae Hemphill, George Mitchell, Mississippi Hill Country Blues, Cathy Mitchell, B.B. King, Buddy Moss, Cecil Barfield, George Mitchell True Blues (photo gallery), Tary Owens, Ruth K. Sullivan, Robert Shaw, Roosevelt "Grey Ghost" Williams, Lone Star Shoot Out with Lonnie Brooks, Long John Hunter, Phillip Walker, Texas Blues Reunion, B.B. King, Bobby Blue Bland, Martha Hartzog, Paul Congo, Peter Lowry, Tarheel Slim, Trix Records, Big Chief Ellis, Lowry's Collection 1969 - 1987

Other blues enthusiasts (4B)
In this column: blues enthusiasts, folklorists, musicologists, Pete Welding, Testament Records, Down Beat, Son House, John Lee Hooker, Johnny Shines, Glenn Hinson, Fire in My Bones, Gospel, Dream Songs, ABC's Windows on the World,The Black Church, Art Rosenbaum, Margo Newmark, The Art of Field Recording, Old Time Banjo Book,Timothy Duffy, We are the Music Makers, Music Maker, Denise Duffy, Medicine Shows, Guitar Gabriel, Hanging Tree Guitars, Freeman Vines, ABC Person of the Week, Kip Lornell, Trix Records, The Life and Legend of Leadbelly, Virginia's Blues, Peg Leg Howell, Peter Lowry, Chief Thundercloud, Guitar Slim Stevens, Marvin and Turner Foddrell, Harry Smith, The Anthology of American Folk Music, Greil Marcus, The Old, Weird America, Moe Asch, Folkways Records, Peter Bartók, Smithsonian Folkways, Chris Strachwitz, Fred McDowell, Sam Charters, Lightnin' Hopkins, Big Joe Williams, Mance Lipscomb, Arhoolie Records, Skip Gerson, Mike Rugel, Uncensored History of the Blues, Studs Terkel, Gene Rosenthal, David Hoffman, Frederic Ramsey, Bill Boslaugh, Stephen Nichols, Weenie Campbell, Curt

Blues enthusiasts; Europe (5)
In this column: blues enthusiasts, folklorists, musicologists (Europe), Paul Oliver, Jazz Journal, The Story of the Blues, Mack McCormick, Mance Lipscomb, Chris Strachwitz, Alex Küstner, Big Joe Williams, Watergate Blues, Ziggy Christmann, The Living Country Blues, James Thoman, Eugene Powell, Furry Lewis, George Mitchell, Lee Friedlander, Michael Roach, Bengt Olsson, Memphis Blues, Mississippi Bottom Blues, Freddie Spruell, Live at the Bootleggers, Lattie Murrell, William Floyd Davis, Bill Barth, Gianni Marcucci, Mbirafon Records, Hammie Nixon, Mary Helen Looper, Mott Williams, Blues at Home, Memphis Piano Red, Stefan Wirz, Site American Music, BBC The Devil's Music, NDR Roll over Beethoven - A History of American Music, Alexis Korner, Horst Königstein, Manfred Millerand, Klaus Kuhnke, Giles Oakley, The Devil's Music Series 2; 4 episodes

Blues and Folk enthousiasts: women (6)
In this column: blues enthusiasts, folklorists, musicologists, Ruby Tartt, Works Progress Administration, John and Alan Lomax, Sumter County (Alabama), Library Of Congress, Vera Hall, Elie Siegmeister, Byron Arnold, Carl Sandburg, The American Songbag, Harold Courlander, Folk Music U.S.A., Ruby Terrill Lomax, Delta Kappa Gamma Society, Al Brite, John Heathcock, J.M. Mills, Bess Hawes Lomax, The Almanac Singers, Woody Guthrie, Millard Lampell, Pete Seeger, Arthur Stern, Sis Cunningham, Baldwin Hawes, Newport and Berkeley Folk Festival, Smithsonian Institution, Bicentennial Festival of Traditional Arts, National Heritage Fellowships, Georgia Sea Singers feat. Bess Jones, Buckdance, Clogging, Flatfooting, Pizza Pizza Daddy-O, Say Old Man - Can You Play The Fiddle? feat. Earl Collins, Denise Duffy, Music Maker Relief Foundation (and Anthology), Cathy Mitchell, George Mitchell, Rosa Lee Hill, Mississippi Hill Country Blues, Earl Bell, Ann Charters, Beat Generation, Charles Olson, Bert Williams, Nobody (The Story of Bert Williams), encyclopedia The Beats, The Portable Beat Reader, Jack Kerouac, Alan Ginsberg, The Poetry of the Blues, Charles "Babe" Tate, John Lennon (The Beatles), Jean Ritchie, George Pickow, Appalachian dulcimer, Elektra Records, Traditional Songs of Her Kentucky Mountain Family, Field Trip England and Ireland, Folkways, Séamus Ennis, uilleann pipes, Sarah Makem, Dermott Barry, George Endicott, Jane Hair

Blues enthusiasts and their sound recordings and record productions (7)
In this column: blues enthusiasts, folklorists, musicologists, Lawrence Gellert, the lomaxes, John Avery Lomax, Edison Cylinder Phonograph, Presto Recorders, Robert Gordon, Ruby Terrill Lomax, Alan Lomax, balladhunter, Library of Congress, Virginia Lebermann, the Songhunter Documentary, Michael Taft, Cat Iron, Sam Chatmon, Magnecord, Ampex, Kudelski Nagra, RCA D77, Altec Lipstick, Jean Ritchie, George Mitchell, Wollensak recorder, Tary Owens, Reverve recorder, Roberts 129F, Axel Küstner, Bengt Olsson, Uher portable recorder, Sennheiser microphone, Big Joe Williams, Peter Bartók, Paul Samler, Béla Bartók, Ditta Pásztory, Moses Asch, Bartók, Electra and Folkways Records, New Loast City Ramblers, Ampex model 300, Williamson Amplifiers, The Musician Amplifier (Sarser/Sprinkle), RCA 44-BX ribbon, Altec studio mic, Wharfdale speakers, Music and field recordings by Béla Bartók

Dutch blues enthusiasts (8)
In this column: dutch blues enthusiasts, musicologists, Dutch blues bands, Cuby and The Blizzards, Dutch records labels, Oldie Blues, Agram, Sundown, Black Cat, Swingmaster, Black Magic, Double Trouble, magazines, Mr. Blues, Wim Verbei, Max Vreede, Block Magazine, Rien and Marion Wisse, Back to the Roots, Franky Bruneel, North Sea Jazz Festival, NBBO, Blues Estafette Vredenburg Utrecht, Jaap Hindriks, Martin van Olderen, Rolf Schubert, Martin van der Velde, Blues Magazine, Marco van Rooijen, Doggone Blues, Blues Town Music, Harry Radstake, Bert Reinders, Wil Wijnhoven, Oldie Blues Discography, Thomas Shaw, Guido van Rijn, Alex van der Tuuk, Sem van Gelder, Swingmaster record store, Swingmaster records/LP's, Maarten de Boer, Holland Cut, The Foddrell Brothers, Max Bolleman, Johnny Woods, R.L. Burnside, Fred "Lefthand Freddy" Reining, Joe Guitar Hughes

Attachment Blues Enthusiasts: American artists performing in the Northern Netherlands
In this column: blues enthusiasts, American guests, Northern Netherlands, Eb Davis, Spoulgroovers, Superband, Midzomer BluesFestival Wijchen, Henry Gray, Martin van der Velde, Juke Joint Blues band, Greyhound Blues Band, Leo Bruin, Helma Vogels, Rolf Schubert, Chicago Bob Nelson, Gary Erwin, Walter Rhodes, Louisiana Red, Aron Burton, Café De Amer, Jake Dawson, Michael Dotson, James Harman, Tineke Wiggers, Gene Taylor, Crossroads Sessions, Café 't Keerpunt, Willem Dijkema, BLues Festival Hoogeveen De tamboer, 't Swolsch Café, Café De Waagschaal, Café Carambole, Café Jaap Geerts/Ongeregeld, Café De Dependance, Café Vancouver, Curtis Knight, Ron Nagtzaam, Ben Sims, Ric Stokes, Steve Wilkinson, Wilson Blount, Lewis Glover, Tino Gonzales, Willie Pollock, Doug Jay, Jim Kahr, Guitar Crusher Selby, Adrian Burns, Boney Fields, Tony Bullock, Phil Speat, Juwana Jenkins, Khalif Wailin' Walter, Alex Rossi, Jetse Driesten, Richard Koster, Roelof Meijeringh, Artur Ebeling, Dale King, Larry watkins, Tommie Harris, Piano Pete Budden, Michiel Mens, Archie Lee Hooker, Peter Stuijk, Martin Hartsteen, Jon Meyerjon, George Snijder

W.C. Handy; Father of The Blues
In this column: William Christopher Handy, father of the blues, Memphis Blues, St. Louis Blues, Charles Barnard Handy, Elizabeth Handy - Price, Clarksdale, Make Me a Pallet on The Floor, Memphis, sheet musics, James Reese, The Fox Trot, Hellzapoppin', Harry Pace, Pace & Handy Music Compagny, A Good Man is Hard to Find, Yellow Dog Blues, Blues; An Anthology, Bessie Smith, Brenda Lee, New York, Nat King Cole, Ella Fitzgerald, Bing Crosby, Louis Armstrong, W.C. Handy Stamp, Velma Middleton, Mary Jane Hancock · Handy Church

Blues music spots (1): Juke Joints
In this column: blues music spots, juke joints, barrelhouses, music blues spots, juke joints, barrelhouse, Marion Post Wolcott, Belle Glade, Crossroads Store, Blue Front Cafe, fam. Holmes, Bentonia, Junior Kimbrough`s juke joint, Chulahoma, Blind Willie’s, Atlanta, Atlanta Has Soul, Virginia Highlands, Red’s Lounge, Ground Zero Blues Club, Clarksdale, Mississippi Blues Project, Po' Monkey's Lounge, the Slippery Noodle Inn, Indianapolis, Underground Railway, Teddy’s Juke Joint, Zachary, Bradfordville Blues Club (BBC at the Legion), Tallahassee, Mr. Handy's Blues Hall, Memphis

Blues music spots (2): juke joints and blues clubs
In this column: music blues spots, juke joints, Journey Proud , Alabama, Henry “Gip” Gipson, GIP Documentary, Patrick Sheehan, Melanie Jeffcoat, Mississippi Jukes, Robert Mugge, Chicago, Buddy Guy’s Legends, Buddy Guy, Bobby Rush, Kinston Mines, Rico McFarland, Toronzo Cannon, Rosa’s Lounge, Billy Branch, Sons of Blues, Antone’s Nightclub, Austin, Jimmie Vaughan, B.B. Kings Blues Club, Memphis, Alfred’s On Beale, Sean “Mack” McDonald, The Big Easy Social and Pleasure Club, Houston, Steve Gilbert, Bethesda Blues and Jazz club, Bethesda, Big Tony and Trouble Funk, Downtown Tavern, Jackson, Rye baby, Terra Blues, New York, David “Doc” French and T Blues Band, Biscuits and Blues, San Fransisco, Christone “Kingfish” Ingram, BB’s Jazz, Blues and soups, St. Louis

Blues spots (3): the Chitlin Circuit
In this column: Blues spots, chitlin circuit, victoria grill, chitlins, soul food, chitterlings, Bobby Rush, 100 Men D.B.A. Hall, Little Milton Campbell, Jim Crow Segregation, Sherman Dudley, Theater Owners’ Booking Association, Manhattan Casino, Denver and Sea Ferguson, Sunset Terrace, Walter Barnes, map Chitlin Circuit, Apollo, Royal Peacock, Royal Theatre, Regal Theater, Paradise and Fox Theater, Cotton Club, D.C.’s Howard, Lincoln Theaters, Ritz Theatre, Crystal Palace, Harlem Duke Social Club, Carver Theatre, Dew Drop Inn, Dreamland Ballroom, Hippodrome Theater, Ennis Davis, Ed ward, Sheeka Sanahori, Adrian Miller, Kim Sloan

Blues music spots (4): the Chitlin Circuit (continuation of locations)
In this column: blues spots, chitlin circuit, Baker's Flamingo, Bradfordville Blues Club, Damon Fowler Group, Club Eaton, Deep Water City Lodge, The Elks, Evans Rendezvous, American Beach in Nassau County, Lyric Theatre, Manhattan Casino, The Blue Notes, Ritz Theatre, Jazz Discovery Series, Douglass Theatre, Macon Music, Minnehaha Nickelodeon Theatre, Ben's Chili Bowl, the Lincoln Theatre, Ballroom and Walker Theatre, Dreamland Ballroom, 100 Men Hall, John Corbett

Blues music Spots (5): The Strolls
In this column: blues spots, the strolls, Maxwell Street (Market), Chicago, Indiana Avenue, Indianapolis, Avenue D, Forth Pierce, U Street Black Broadway, Washington, Beale Street, Memphis, Bourbon Street, New Orleans, French Quarter, Broadway Nashville, Honky Tonk Highway, Stacy Mitchhart Band, Blues Outlaws, Sixth Street (Dirty Sixth), Austin, Rainey Street, 18th and Vine, Kansas City, Muddy Waters

Blues music spot (6): The Festivals – part 1
In this column: blues music spots, festivals, Chicago Blues Festival, King Biscuit Blues Festival, Juke Joint Festival, Sunflower River Blues & Gospel Festival, Mighty Mississippi Music Festival, Jackson Rhythm and Blues Festival.

Blues music spots (7): The Festivals – part 2
In this column: blues music spots, festivals, The Bentonia Blues Festival, Jimmy "Duck" Holmes, The Tampa Bay Blues Festival, The Telluride Blues and Brews Festival, North Mississippi Hill Country Picnic, Memphis in May International Festival, Beale Street Music Festival.

Blues music spots (8): The Festivals – part 3
In this column: blues music spots, festivals, Ann Arbor Blues and Jazz Festival, Spring The Blues, WC Handy Blues and BBQ Fest, The Pittsburgh Blues and Roots Festival, French Quarter Festival, The Highland Jazz and Blues Festival, Cincy Blues Fest, Boundary Waters Blues Festival.

Blues music spots (9): European festivals – part 1
In this column: music blues spots, festivals, Europe, National Jazz and Blues Festival London, Reading Festival, Bath Festival of Blues, Led Zeppelin, Puistoblues Järvenpää, John Lee Hooker, The Band, Joanne Shaw Taylor, Pistoia Blues Festival, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Albert Collins, Rawa Blues Festival Katowice, Koko Taylor, James Blood Ulmer, Blues Peer, Robert Finley, Liri Blues Festival, Dr. John, Keb' Mo'.

Blues music spots (10): European festivals- part 2
In this column: music blues spots, festivals, Europe, Blues to Bop, Lugano (CH), Johnny Mars Band, Notodden Blues Festival (N), Blue Mood Labelmates, Baltic Blues Festival (Eutin, D), Trudy Lynn, Harvest Time Blues (Monaghan, Ir), August Blues Festival (AugustiBluus, Paapsalu, Est), Eric Steckel, Upton Blues Festival, Upton-on-Severn (GB).

Blues music spots (11): European festivals – part 3
In this column: music blues spots, festivals, Europe, City of Derry Jazz and Big Band Festival (Ir), Dark Season Blues, Longyearbyen (Spitsbergen, N), Jimmy Carpenter and band, Santa Maria Blues, Santa Maria Island (Prt), Robbert Duijf, Callander Jazz and Blues Festival (Scotland), Brunner Blues Festival, Brunn am Gebirge (A), Pewny and Steinbach, Suwalki Blues Festival (Pl), Andrea de Luca.

American Blues Standaards (part 1)
In this column: blues standards, Every Day I Have the Blues – Pinetop Sparks, Count Basie feat. Joe Williams, RTVDrenthe, Cafe 't Keerpunt, Julius Green, Greyhound Blues band, I Believe I’ll Dust My Broom – Robert Johnson, Elmore James, Cross Road Blues – Robert Johnson, Eric Clapton and Cream, Caldonia – Louis Jordan, Woody Herman and His Orchestra, Hoochie Coochie Man - Muddy Waters, Got My Mojo Working - Ann Cole, Baby What You Want Me To Do – Jimmy Reed, Help Me – Sonny Boy Williamson II, Chris Barber Band, Van Morrison – Help Me, Farther Up the Road – Bobby “Blue” Bland, Mike Bloomfield, Five Long Years - Eddie Boyd, Cuby and The Blizzards, All Your Love (I Miss Loving) - Otis Rush, Robert Cray, Robben Ford, David Sanborn, Marcus Miller.

American Blues Standaards (part 2)
In this column: blues standards, The Thrill Is Gone, Henderson/Brown, Hawkins/Darnell, B.B.King, Everett Marshall, Sweet Home Chicago, Robert Johnson, The Blues Brothers, Stormy Monday, Earl Hines, Billy Eckstine, T-Bone Walker, Bobby "Blue" Blond, Greyhound Blues Band feat. Julius Green, RTVDrenthe, Café 't Keerpunt, Hound Dog, Big Mama Thornton, Buddy Guy, Elvis Presley, I'm Tore Down, Sonny Thompson, Freddie King, John Mayall, Eric Clapton, Buddy Whittington, Chris Barber, Bright Lights Big City, Jimmy Reed, Them, The Animals, I'm Ready, Muddy Waters, Willie Dixon, The Little Red Rooster, Howlin' Wolf, Willie Dixon, The Rolling Stones, T-Bone Shuffle, T-Bone Walker, Albert Collins, Robert Cray, Johnny Copeland, Reconsider Baby, Lowell Fulson, Eric Clapton, Jools Holland, Lurrie Bell, Eb Davis and Greyhound Blues Band, Born In Chicago, Paul Butterfield Band, Nick Gravenites, Rick Danko.

American Blues Standaards (part 3)
In this column: blues standards, Let The Good Times Roll, Louis Jordan, Ray Charles, B.B. King, Fleecie Moore, Scratch My Back, Slim Harpo, Junior Wells, Phil Guy, The Fabulous Thunderbirds, Shake Your Hips (Hip Shake), The Rolling Stones, Greyhound Blues Band, Doug Jay, Café Hofsteenge, Messin' With The Kid, Buddy Guy, Johnny Winter, Rory Gallagher, Key To The Highway, Charlie Segar, Big Bill Broonzy, Derek and The Dominos, Duane Allman, Sam Samudio.

American Blues Standaards (part 4)
In this column: blues standards, Curtis Knight, Before You Accuse Me, Bo Diddley, Eric Clapton, Larry "Doc" Watkins, Greyhound Blues Band, Café tKeerpunt, RTVDrenthe, Big Boss Man, Jimmy Reed, Eddy Taylor, Waylon Jennings, Travis Tritt, Lee Roy Parnell and Danny Dawson, Rock Me Baby, Lil' Son Jackson, B.B.King, Blues With A Feeling, Rabon Tarrant, Jack McVea, Little Walter Jacobs, I'll Play The Blues For You, Jerry Beach, Geater Davis, Albert King, K.C. Loving/Kansas City, Little Willie Littlefield, Wilbert Harrison, Hank Ballard and The Midnighters, Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller, Walking The Dog, Rufus Thomas, Blues Brothers Band, The Rolling Stones, Georgie Fame and The Blue Flames, Little By Little, Mel London, Junior Wells, Buddy Guy, John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers with Paul Butterfield.

American Blues Standaards (part 5)
In this column: blues standards, Wee Wee Baby Blues, Big Joe Turner, Rainy Night Blues, Kokomo Arnold, Gitfiddle Jim, Art Tatum, Cuby and The Blizzards, Shake Rattle and Roll, Charles Calhoun, Bill Haley and His Comets, Jeff Beck, Brian Setzet, Darrel Higham, Outskirts Of Town, Casey Bill Weldon, Ray Charles, The Allman Brothers Band, Mustang Sally, Mack Rice, Wilson Pickett, Hi-Heel Sneakers, Tommy Ticker, Robert Higginbotham, Jerry Lee Lewis and The Animals, Ramsey Lewis, Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers, Dean Young, Mean Old World Blues, T-Bone Walker, Marl Young, Otis Rush, Little Walter and His Nightcaps, Ike and Tina Turner, John Littlejohn, Wish You Would, Billie Boy Arnold, The Yardbirds with Eric clapton and with Jeff Beck, Corrine Corrina, Bo Carter, Armenter Chatman, Blind Lemon Jefferson, Dean Martin, Muddy Waters.

American Blues Standaards (part 6, end)
In this column: Willie and The Hand Jive, Johnny Otis, Cliff Richard, The Shadows, Johnny Rivers, George Thorogood, The Band, Ain't Nobody's Business, Anna Meyers, Frank Stokes, Jimmy Witherspoon, Jay McShann, Gladys Night, Chaka Khan, Etta Jamesm B.B. King, B.J. Hegen, See See Rider (C.C. Rider), Ma Rainey, Poor Boy Blues, Ramblin' Thomas, Chuck Willis, Eric Burdon and The New Animals, RTVDrenthe, Café 't Keerpunt, Greyhound Blues Band, Martin hartsteen, Mother In Law Blues, Little Junior and Bill Harvey's Band, The Son Seals Blues Band, John Hammond, Lil' Ed and The Blues Imperials, Lightning Struck The Poor House, Wynomie Harris and Herman Blount (Sun Ra), Cousin Joe, Pleasant Joseph, Leroy Carr and Scrapper Blackwell, Ida Cox and Papa Charlie Jackson, How Long Daddy, Eric Clapton.

Columns

How blue can you get
In this column: communication with the public

Hair today, gone tomorrow
In this column: A bad joke that could easily go wrong

Bluespianist Henry Gray
In this column: Henry Gray (†95), hall of fame blues pianist

Bluespianist Gene Taylor
In this column: Gene Taylor (†68), blues pianist, album Blues Rhythm and Love, Jon Meyerjon

Chicago Bob Nelson
In this column: Robert Lee 'Chicago Bob' Nelson (†69), 1996 European tour with Dutch Greyhound Blues Band

Top That!
In this column: Misunderstand a saying

Voice exercises
In this column: voice exercises, warm up and cool down, do's and don'ts

From neck to neck
In this column: fender guitars, neck shapes, guitar customization, JV Squier Strat, neck radius, shape and width

James Harman died on May 23 2021
In this column: James Harman (†74), IJsseljazz Netherlands 2008 Greyhound Blues Band feat. James Harman

Communication in blues
In this column: hand signals and keywords for tempo and progressions

Monk’s do’s and don’ts transcribed by Steve Lacey
In this column: Do's and don'ts for club musicians according to Thelonious Monk

Trains (1)
In this column: The Katy, The Santa Fe, The Dummy, The Chief, The Midland, The T.P, Mystery Train, Mean Old Train, Midnight Special, The Box Car, Bessie Tucker, Leadbelly, Harry Belafonte and Bob Dylon, LeRoy Carr, Kelly Pace, Johnny Cash, Junior Parker, Elvis Presley, Scotty Moore and Bill Black

Trains (2)
In this column: Colorado Central, Narrow Gauge Railways, The Chief, Santa Fe's Fleet Of Famous Trains, Freight Train Blues, Yellow Dog Blues, Yazoo Delta Railroad, Smokestack Lightning, Trixie Smith, Louis Armstrong, W.C.Handy, Howling Wolf, Nat King Cole

Trains (3)
In this column: Cannonball Express, The Flying Crow and The Frisco, Memphis Jug Band, Peggy Lee, Dallas Jamboree Jug Band, Gus 'Banjo Joe' Cannon

King Biscuit Time
In this column: King Biscuit Time, KFFA Helena radio station, King Biscuit Flour, King Biscuit Stomp, King Biscuit Boys, Big Joe Williams, Sonny Boy Williams, Big Walter Horton

Mary had a little lamb
In this column: Mary had a little lamb, Sarah Josepha Hale, Tisket-tasket, nursery rhymes, Ella Fitzgerald, Freddie Spruell, Buddy Guy, Freddie King, Earl Hooker, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Thomas Edison

Root Man Blues
In this column: root man, root man blues, dentist blues, naughty blues songs, Georgia Slim, Georgia Tom Dorsey, Kansas City Kitty, Walter Davis, Bo Carter, Bull Moose Jackson

Milk Cow Blues
In this column: Milk Cow Blues, meaning, Kokomo Arnold, earliest recording, Freddie Spruell, Sara Martin, Mean Tight Mama, Clarence Williams, Son House, My Black Mama, Mississippi Fred McDowell, Big Bill Broonzy, Robert Johnson, Milkcow's Calf Blues

Medicine Shows
In this column: medicine shows, Leo Kahdot, Chief Thundercloud, Arthur “Peg Leg Sam” Jackson, Pink Anderson, Jim Jackson, Gus Cannon, Washaw Indian Medicine Show, Marshal Wyatt (Good for what ails you), Pete Lowry, My Money Never Runs Out, He’s In The Jailhouse Now, Delia’s Song, Nassau String Band, Johnny Cash

Second Hand Songs
In this column: second hand songs.com, Bastien and Mathieu de Zutter and Denis Monsieur, boll weevil (Song, Blues), Jaybird Coleman, Leadbelly, The weavers, Shocking Blue, Venus, The Banjo Song, Oh! Suzanna, The Big Three, Stephen Foster, Kokomo Blues, Sweet Home Chicago

Festivals and events with blues in The Netherlands (part 1)
In this column: festivals and events, blues, the Netherlands, North Sea Jazz Festival, Rotterdam, Dutch Swing College Band, Muddy Waters Band, B.B. King Blues Band, Bonnie Raitt, Buddy Guy, Rhythm and Blues Night De Oosterpoort, Groningen, Lucky Peterson, Guy Davis, Popa Chubby, Moulin Blues Ospel, D.K. Harell, Monster Mike Welch, Holland International Blues Festival, Grolloo, Mike Zito, Kat Riggins, Beth Hart.

Festivals and events with blues in The Netherlands (part 2)
In this column: festivals and events, blues, the Netherlands, Utrecht Blues Festival, Tivoli Vredenburg, Utrecht, Blues Estafette, Meena Cryle & the Chris Fillmore Band, Sean “Mack” McDonald, “Big” Monti Amundson, Richard Earl, Ribs & Blues, Raalte, Leif de Leeuw and Sem Jansen, Jazz in Duketown, Den Bosch, 's Hertogenbosch, Gregory Porter, Jazz Orchestra of the Concertgebouw, China Moses, Culemborg Blues, Culemborg, LaPorte Brothers feat. Oscar Benton, My Brainbox feat. Jan Akkerman and Ruben Hoeke, Erwin Java and Sean Webster.

Festivals and events with blues in The Netherlands (part 3)
In this column: festivals and events, blues, the Netherlands, BRIDGE Guitar Festival Eindhoven, Chris Corcoran, Aynsley Lister, Fapy Lafertin, Paulus Schafer and Daniel Gueli, Breda Jazz Festival, Ruud Weber Band, Lars Müller, Bikkelblues, Vlierden, David Ronaldo and the Dice, Giles Robson and Little Steve Band, Bluesroute Helmond, 2 x Bluesroute Helmond in 20 minutes.

Festivals and events with blues in The Netherlands (part 4)
In this column: festivals and events, blues, the Netherlands, Big Rivers Dordrecht, Greyhound Blues Band, Asser Bluesdagen, Robbert Fossen Band, Jim Kahr, Big Bo, Little Boogie Boy, Keerpunt Blues, Tommie Harris, Jon Meyerjon, Harp Mitch and The Sheiks of Rhythm and Blues, Lefthand Freddy, Hoogeveen Blues Festival, Theater De Tamboer, Archie Lee Hooker, Eddy Clearwater, Big Daddy Speat, Tail Dragger, IJsseljazz Gorssel, Moonkings, Johnny and The Gangsters of Love, Lars Müller, Barrelhouse, Flavium.

Festivals and events with blues in The Netherlands (part 5)
In this column: festivals and events, blues, the Netherlands, Kwadendamme Bluesfestival, The Juke Joints, Peter Kempe, Chicago Bob, BB and The Blues Shacks, The Hoochies, New Blues Festival Assen, De Bonte Wever, Doin' Alright, Eliana Cargnelutti, Albert Cummings, Roots Ribs and Brews Emmen, Easterfield, Amersfoort World Jazz Festival, Musicians' Paradise.

Dutch Local Blues Radio Shows
In this column: Dutch Blues Radio, Black and Blues, Wim Velderman, Blueprint, Thomas Kaldijk, Bluezy, Nico Bravenboer, Blues Alert, Gerrit Kuik, Bluesmoose, Rob van Elst, Bluesradio Drenthe, Harry Muskee, Bluestime, Los in de Blues, Koos van Riet, Giel Scholtes, Jo Smeets, Bluestown Radio, Harry Radstake, Blues Traffic Radio Show, Huub Houwen, Wil Wijnhoven, Freek Rutten, Bluesworld, Tonio Aa, Meyerjon & Müller, Cobblestones and Dusty Roads, Willem Dijkema, Jos Seidel, Crossroad Blues, Harry Boertien, Crossroads Blues Radio, Klaas Zuidema, So Many Roads, Peter Schavemaker, Forever Young, Johan Derksen, Harry's Jazz and Blues Café, Harry Hulskemper, Muziek met Trox, Henk Trox.

Nederlandse en Belgische Blues Websites
In deze column: blueswebsites (Nl,B), Back To The Roots, Bluesbreeker, Bluesmagazine, Dé Blueskrant, Doggone Blues, Dutch Blues Foundation, Rootstime, The Blues Alone.

Blues Clubs Worldwide with a closer look at the Netherlands
In this column: database blues clubs and bars, Jazz Clubs Worldwide, the Netherlands, The Baked Potato, Café 't Keerpunt - grote zaal (big hall) en gelagkamer (taproom), Blues Don't Die, Maui Sugar Mill, Dutch Blues Foundation, Dutch venues / locations / places / performances, Bluesclub Apeldoorn, Blues Aan Zee (De Noviteit, Monster), Heyhoef-Backstage Tilburg.