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been personally collected and selected by Homesick Mac. Please report
the dead sites...
MAGAZINES:
JEFFERSON
The Official Homepage of this distinguished Swedish blues magazine.
ACOUSTIC GUITAR
About acoustic guitar music in general, they write sometimes about
blues too. You can find LOADS of great ads, reviews, interviews, info
on new products, instruments, accessories... 12 issues a year, $27.95
US, Canada add $15/year, Europe add $30/year.
BLUES REVUE
American blues magazine, great articles, all writers are deeply
dedicated to blues, many reviews, interviews, info on new CD releases,
subscribe and enjoy, it's worth it ! 6 issues annually, Bi-Monthly, $20
US, $24 Canada/Mexico, $30 Foreign ( should take more for that
quality...)There are discussions going on about some changes done in
the magazine ( new layout, more agressive approach to promotion of
blues, jazz column in this blues magazine etc.) but - see for yourself
and decide.
ROOTSY
A roots music site (in Swedish). Reviews of CDs, articles written by
some of the best Scandinavian music journalists, lots of stuff about
country, blues, americana, reggae, soul, rock, gospel, jazz...
ABSOLUTELY WORTH YOUR WEB VISIT:
SANDÉN GUITARS
Acoustic
guitars of my choice. These instruments not only have a fantastic sound
and projection, they also represent the design which is both down to
earth and gracious. A killing combination. I'm on my Sandén nr.2 for
the moment... Please see the pictures on the Gallery
pages (Gear section).
Based in Belgrade, Serbia, this site is a great resource for local
blues information (in Serbian). For
the moment, this site is offline, please check it out later.
EBA (European Blues
Association)
Host
of the BLUES WEEK,
an annual event of workshops, jams and performances in the U.K.
Homesick Mac has been hired to teach the beginner slide guitar since
2003.
Diamond Bottlenecks
Custom
made slides which are absolutely fantastic. Every now and then I get
emails or calls about some great "new slides", a friend of friend's old
buddy who has _just_ started making slides out of... whatever, but
Diamond Bottlenecks are for real, they are here to stay, and the
company is (luckily for all slide players) growing and developing well.
Visit the website and contact the slide consultant Ian
Mc Wee.
G7th Capos Homesick Mac's is using the G7th as his main
capo. Please read more on the gear pages
Delta Resonator Guitars
Resonator guitars handbuilt by John Alderson.
Every guitar is built to order, and John can tailor them to your
particular requirements regarding finish, scale length and a whole host
of other options. Tested and aproved, great guitars
Rainer Wöffler
& The "Sons Of The Desert" band
Mac's musical brother Rainer Wöffler is one of the finest practitioners
of early country blues in Germany where he's based. He performs solo,
in a duo with another great guitar picker Peter Krause, or with his
band Sons Of The Desert. The band plays "Heavy Metal" of the roaring
Twenties - Blues, Hawaaian, early jazz...
Raw Hide
The ultimate Chicago blues band of Central Europe, based in
Belgrade/Serbia. Great band in it's own right and within other styles
but also known as the fantastic backup group that's been working with
some of the top names in the business (Junior Wells, Louisiana Red and
many more...)
Point Blank
Dr Project, a pioneering Belgrade blues band. One of the eldest and
most known blues bands in former Yugoslavia/Serbia.
Peter Crow C.
Peter Krause, mentioned above, is one of the finest fingerpickers in
Germany who's CD "Greedy Woman Blues" has won the German price for the
"Best Bluesalbum 2005 (Cool Step)". Peter is a great harmonica player
as well, a result of a long term hand injury in the early 90's when he
just "had to play something...". Oh well, ... somebody brake my arm! ...
Keith Dunn
One of the best blues musicians nowdays. Keith plays
harmonica, he sings, produces and his strongest work so far is a
wonderful CD "Alone With The Blues"
where he _really_ is alone, with his harmonica, soulful vocals and the
blues. It's been a long time since we've heard a record so deep and
sincere. Visit, buy the CD and you're done. The way you listen to harp
players will never be the same again...
RESOUND
A fine music shop in the UK owned by John and Patricia
Crabb. Visit and check out their resophonic resources.
Blueslinks from
Holland
A great list of links to blues bands, from all around the world.
A non-profit site dedicated to the promotion and preservation of
independent and international Blues Artists.
Ana Popovic Band
Blues lady with a fantastic touch and soul both guitarwise and when we
talk about singing. The fact that she's from the same part of the world
as Homesick Mac isn't making the things worse at all... Please visit
and enjoy. Ana _can_ her chops !
The Fabulous PLANNET
DOBRO Slide Site
A networking and hot link page, providing short-cuts to artists, music,
labels, catalogs and resources on the web for the culture of SLIDE
GUITAR.
Great, great site, increadibly lots of info about slide playing, slide
musicians, other great links to find and much more.
Brad
Bechtel's homepage leading you to the "Brad's Page Of Steel"
which is a site with
increadibly much information on every possible aspect of lap steel
guitar playing.
L A Jones
A fellow blues musician on the web. New link, go visit and read about
this great guitar player/singer who paid his dues backing up some of
the biggest blues names ever ( Pinetop Perkins, Eddie Kirkland ), and
who is touring the world playing either with his own band The Blues
Messengers, or appearing as the guest soloist with many fine European
blues bands. If he's ever playing near you, go and see L A Jones, the
guy has a killer show !
NATIONAL Reso-Phonic
Guitars
Yeah, Nationals were there first. Great resophonic instruments, made in
U.S.A., many different models to chose from, and a beautifuly designed
Website.
WOLF Records
International
Online catalogue where you can also find Sam Mitchell's and Homesick
Mac's "Two Long From Home"
CD. You can go through the whole big catalogue, or you can read about
the WOLF Company.
The Rambling Blues
Trio
This acoustic trio from Hungary is struggling for it's place on the
European blues scene. Visit and listen to some sound files as well...
"Guitars 4 Sale"
Great collection of Web sites that buy, sell, or trade all kinds of
guitars.
HAWKEYE HERMAN
Check out the site of this American acoustic blues musician from sunny
'n' shakin' California...
Bullamore Personal
Management
This is the site for a managing companing representing LONG JOHN HUNTER
and SMOKIN' JOE KUBEK band featuring BENOIS KING
Here's what the Living Blues magazine wrote
about John:
"Listening to Border Town Legend, you're ready to believe that Long
John Hunter's live performances are every bit as raucous and exciting
as his legend would have it. He's a thoroughly original stylist with an
irrepressible sense of fun chops to burn, and a musical imagination
that shows no signs of slowing down."
BLUES WORLD
A Wonderful blues site by Joel Slotnikoff, lots of information on Blues
records, instruments, artists, magazines, great links too. On the
opening page you can find exactly 46 graphics/links to click on, which
would then take you to another 46 pages which would then take you...
ACOUSTIC MUSIC
Dave Pyles says:
"We work to promote Acoustic Music and Acoustic Music Venues online.
Changes take place here daily, or even hourly. So come on in and check
us out!"
Really a great site giving tons of info about acoustic music of many
styles. Contains:
- Links to Acoustic Music Venues' Homepages
- Links to Performers' Homepages
- Reviews of Folk and Acoustic Recordings
- Links to Other Acoustic Music Resources
KING BISCUIT TIME RADIO
King Biscuit Time is the longest running daily radio show in history,
and continues to be broadcast daily on Delta Broadcasting's KFFA 1360
AM in Helena, Arkansas. First broadcast on November 21, 1941, King
Biscuit Time featured legendary Blues artists Sonny Boy Williamson and
Robert Jr. Lockwood playing live in the studio. The show was named
after the locally distributed King Biscuit Flour.
R R MACLEOD'S LYRICS AND TRANSCRIPTIONS
King BiscYRIC TRANSCRIPTIONS OF PRE-WAR BLUES AND GOSPEL RECORDS.
If you want to get a hold on REAL blues lyrics, get in touch with a
writer R R MACLEOD
. He wrote all together 8 books, and any real blues fan ( and
deffinitelly every musician ) should have at least one of these titles.
Tons and tons of lyrics !
DOC WATSON
A true master of flatpicking and fingerpicking, Homesick Mac's BIG
influence ! Worth reading and please get some of Doc's early records...
SWEDISH, DANISH &
NORWEGIAN BLUES LINKS:
(Bands & solo artists from these countries,
please feel free to email me and submit your URLs.
Thanks !)
Svante Sjöblom Svante
made a canonball debut on the Scandinavian blues scene several years
ago. Moving from the strictly blues repertoire he's building a new
reputation as a great roots music artist.
Bottleneck John John
had developed and improved tremendously during the past few years,
fantastic job! Visit his site for more info and some great video
&
audio content.
Sliding
Slim
Fine acoustic act from Sweden. Slim has been playing the Scandinavian
circuit for years and he's also working on other exciting musical
content than blues. See for yourself on Slims website...
Øernes
Blues Band
Danish Blues band established in 1983. Today they're playing many
different styles from Robert Johnson, Elmore James,Willie Dixon og
B.B.King, to blues-rock folk like Peter Green, Johnny Winter, Eric
Clapton og Jimi Hendrix.
Knock-Out
Greg & BLUE WEATHER
Homepage of this blues band from Gnesta, Sweden.
Their dynamite blues-show won't let you down and it suits everyone with
a shot of
rhythm in their blood!!! Go catch'em live and they will KNOCK YOU OUT
!!!
PELLE LINDBERG
& The BLOOS BLASTERS Homepage of this Swedish blues guitarist from
Helsingborg.
Pelle put together the Bluesblasters when he came back to Sweden in
1990 from a longer Holiday he spent in Austin,Texas. Pelle has been in
the blues business since 1975 and he has been playing´ his ice cold
Fender Telecaster guitar in many different clubs and festivals.
Dennis Westerberg Homepage
of this harp player includes info on himself, equipment he's using,
people he's playing with, but also portraits of old blues legends who
caused him to fall in love with the blues.
For the time been, in Swedish only.
ROLF WIKSTRÖM The official Homepage for this Swedish Blues
Legend.
BlueTone - Working 4
The Blues Working
4 The Blues. A group of blues and music lovers that put together not
only a band but also a fine website with lots of information about the
Scandinavian blues scene.
PEER GYNT The
King Of Mountain Blues from Norway. Check him out !
Jenny Bohman Homepage
of this fine lady harp player. Jenny & Björn is a well known
acoustic blues duo from Sweden, but that's only one of the musical
projects Jenny is a part of ( or the iniciator of it all ...). Go there
and find out more about Monaco Blues Band, Little Jenny and the blue
beans, Jenny's solo project...
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