Foundations of the Blues

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The "Foundations of Blues Music” is a lesson plan of the historical, cultural, and social events that led to what we now call the Blues. Created by educator/musician Richard Hunt for STLBluesWeek and STLBlues, it is also a professional development opportunity, complete with a complimentary lesson plan/template, and curriculum development materials.

Bluesweek is Saint Louis’ premier Blues celebration, drawing its credibility, significance and design from the most influential players and historians in the Blues Community.

How much fun was our first fest? Take a look at our photos below, the smile of harp master Eric McSpadden as he enjoyed the crowd on hand says a lot! If you were there, leave your thoughts on our Facebook.

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Arkansas Blues Heritage Festival

The Taste of St. Louis

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Blues Music Awards

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Mississippi :: Birthplace of the blues

Sopro Music's 22nd Annual Chicago All Star Blues Revue

Soulard Mardi Gras

2008 reviews

Buddy Guy at the Voodoo

Roots N' Blues N' BBQ

Taste of St. Louis

Arkansas Blues and Heritage Festival

Old Webster Jazz and Blues Festival

Big Muddy Blues Festival

Sparta Blues Festival

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Juke Joint Journey

Concert for the Cure - the image gallery

Clarksdale road trip - the image gallery

Lee 'East Side Slim' Howland has a B-Day

Jazz and Heritage Festival 2008

IBC 2008 - the image gallery

IBC 2008 Review

2007 reviews

Taste of St. Louis

Old Webster Jazz & Blues Fest

Big Muddy Blues Festival

Budweiser Illinois Blues Fest

Old Capitol Blues and BBQ

Nothing But The Blues Festival

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STLBlues on the road

Katrina instrument drive

Eric Bibb - Live

2006 reviews

Buddy Guy at the VooDoo Lounge

Arkansas Blues and Heritage Fest

Big Muddy Blues Fest

Sunflower River Blues and Gospel festival

Benefit for Gus

Sparta Blues Festival

2006 Blues Royale

Gator at the races

Quincy Area Blues Fest

Blues from the road

Chicago Blues Festival

Roomful of Blues - Live at the Argosy Casino

Ronnie Baker Brooks plays the B.O.B.

Jazzfest / Beale St. Fest

2006 STLBlues Benefit

Peter Harper from down under!

2006 International Blues Challenge

Delbert McClinton plays the Lafayette Club

Beatles Beyond Boundaries

Nick Moss and the Fliptops at the Beach Shack

Soulard Mardi Gras

2005 reviews

Rockin' Blues Revue

The Arkansas Blues Fest

B.B. King plays the LOMA

Los Lonely Boys play Missouri

Buddy Guy at the Orpheum

Renee Austin plays BB's

Nick Moss at the HOB - Chicago

ZZ Top at the Family Arena

Nevilles at the Orpheum

Butch Wax & the Hollywoods :: 20th Anniversary

Sparta Blues Fest

Salgado plays BB's

Rod & Honey at the BOB

Mark Knopfler show

Washington Blues Fest

Johnnie Johnson Memorial

Elkhart Lake Fest

Sounds around town

When Jazz meets Blues

Int'l Blues Competition

STLBlues Benefit Concert

Goin' to Kansas City

2004 reviews

Hudson celebrates 15!

Baby Blues Showcase

Celebrating the Blues

Henry celebrates his 95th!

King Biscuit Fest

Old Webster Fest

Big Muddy Blues

Sparta Blues Fest

Neville Brothers

Johnnie Johnson's 80th

Chicago Playboys

Charlie Musselwhite

Little Charlie & The Nightcats

Blues Bash for the Heart

Rod Piazza plays Chi-Town

Holmes Brothers

Shufflin' to Memphis

When Jazz meets Blues

Benefit for an Angel

Malik White benefit

Keb' Mo' at the Pageant

STLBlues Concert

Bluestreak Backstreet

2003 reviews

Henry's 94th Birthday

Olivers 71st Birthday

King Biscuit Fest

San Francisco Fest

Old Webster Fest

St. Charles Fest

St. Louis Art Fair

Sparta Blues Fest

Rod & Honey Piazza

STLBlues Concert

Women & Blues concert

Soulard Mardi Gras

2002 reviews

Baby Blues Showcase

King Biscuit Fest

Sparta Blues Fest

St. Louis Legends

Sounds around town

The Beach Blast

Blues on the Mississippi

Taste of the CWE

Sounds around town

Soulard Mardi Gras

Baby Blues Showcase

2001 reviews

King Biscuit Fest

Sparta Blues Fest

2000 reviews

King Biscuit Fest

San Francisco Fest

CD Reviews :: By band/artists 1st name

St. Louis Talent

A-B

Arthur Williams :: Midnight Blue

Baby Blues Showcase 2004

Baker-McClaren Band :: Live At the Tap Room

Barbara Carr :: What a woman wants

Bel Airs :: Got Love

BelAirs :: HooDoo Party

Bennie Smith :: Shook Up

Big Bad Smitty :: Unwired Roots

Big George Brock :: Round Two

Billy Peek :: The Answer

Blue Streak :: Old Dogs New Tricks

Boo Boo Davis :: Name of the Game

Bottoms Up Blues :: Handle It

Bottoms Up Blues :: 2nd Set

Bottoms Up Blues :: South Broadway Blues

Brian Curran :: Straight Up Blues

Butch Wax & the Hollywoods :: Let the good times roll

C-I

Chuck Berry :: Chuck Berry Blues

Dave Mulford :: Repeat As Necessary

David Dee :: Going Fishing

David Dee :: Mixed Emotions

Funky Butt Brass Band :: Cut The Body Loose

Henry Townsend :: Mule

Henry Townsend :: The Real St. Louis Blues

Hudson and the Hoo Doo Cats :: "2 Cars" & "And Friends 2"

ICB :: Straight from the Heart

Inner Flame :: LIVE! At Victory Christian Center

J-P

The Jeremiah Johnson Band with the Sliders :: 9th & Russell

Johnny Fox :: Two Sisters Cocktail

Johnnie Johnson :: Johnnie Be 80

Johnnie Johnson :: Johnnie Be Bad

Kingdom Brothers - Shine A Light

Larry Thurston :: School for Fools

Melissa Neels Band :: Shine

Mike Zito :: Today

Mississippi Fever - Self-Titled Mississippi Fever

Oliver Sain :: Soul Serenade

Patti & the Hitmen :: Smokin' Blues

Phat noiZ Blues Band :: Wet My Beak

Phat noiZ Blues Band :: Milk and Cookies

Piping Hot Biscuits :: Allow To Cool Serve Immediately

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Rich Fabec Band :: Name Your Poison

Rich McDonough Band :: Live at the Sheldon

Rob Garland & The Blue Monks :: 'When It's All Said & Done'

Rondo :: Cross Eyed Cat

Rondo :: Shackpappy's

Rough Grooves :: Live At BBs

Ross & Hunt :: Father Time

Rx Blues band :: Hang Dog Look

Rx Blues band :: I Hate My Boss

Rx Blues band :: Live in Soulard

Rx Blues band :: Mississippi Moses

S-T

Shakey Ground :: Aints That Da Truth

Soulard Blues Band :: In The Soulyard

Soulard Blues Band :: Trickle Down Blues

Tommy Bankhead :: Please Accept My Love

Tommy Bankhead :: Please Mr. Foreman

Tommy Bankhead :: Message To St. Louis

U-Z

Voodoo Blues Band :: That Voodoo That You Do

More National Bands

A-B

Al Basile :: The Tinge

Albert Castiglia :: These Are the Days

Albert Collins :: Live At Montreux 1992/DVD & CD

Albert Cummings :: Working Man

Amos Garrett, Get Way Back :: A Tribute to Percy Mayfield

Ana Popovic :: ANA!

Antone's Home Of The Blues :: DVD

Arcangels :: Living in a Dream

B.B. King :: Christmas Celebration of Hope

B.B. King & Friends :: 80

B.B. King :: Live at Montreux 1993

B.B. King :: One Kind Favor

Beat Daddys :: Five Moons

Bernard Allison :: Energized, Live In Europe

Bernie Pearl :: Old School Blues

Big Daddy O :: Deranged Covers

Big James & The Chicago Playboys :: Right Here Right Now

Big Jeff Chapman :: Big Jeff's Blues

Big Joe Duskin :: Big Joe Jumps Again!

Bill Stuve :: Flyin' Right

Billy Flynn - Billy's Blues

Black Crowes :: Warpaint Live

Blind Arvella Gray :: The singing drifter

Blues Noir :: Blues, Swing, and...

Blues Noir :: Noircissism

Blues White Album

Bob Broozman :: Blues Reflex

Bob Kirkpatric :: Drive Across Texas

Bob Margolin :: In North Carolina

Bob Riedy Blues Band :: Late Freight Out Of Chicago

Boogie Monsters :: Live From Yo Mama's Kitchen

Bo-Keys :: The Royal Sessions

Bonnie Raitt and Friends

Brad De Hart :: Back With The Blues

Brothers N' Blues :: That's Alright

Buckwheat Zydeco :: Jackpot

Bud Summers :: Golden

Buddy Guy :: Skin Deep

C-H

Candye Kane :: Superhero

Canned Heat :: Live at Montreux 1973

Canned Heat :: The Very Best Of

Carlos del Junco :: Blues Mongrel

Carlos Del Junco :: Steady Movin

Cedric Burnside & Lightnin' Malcolm :: 2 Man Wrecking Crew

Cephas & Wiggins :: Shoulder to Shoulder

Charlie Musslewhite :: Delta Hardware

Charlie Musselwhite :: Deluxe Edition

Cheryl Arena :: Blues Got Me

Chicago Blues :: A Living History

Chicago Blues Harmonica :: Diamonds In The Rough

Chicago Blues Reunion

Chris Cotton :: I Watched The Devil Die

Chris James and Patrick Rynn :: Stop And Think About It

Chris Thomas King :: Red Mud Sessions

C.J. Chenier :: The Desperate Kingdom of Love

Coco Montoya :: Dirty Deal

Connie and the Choirboys :: Red-Headed Rhythm & Blues

Corey Stevens :: Albertville

Corky Siegel's Traveling Chamber Blues Show!

Cream :: Royal Albert Hall, London

Darrell Nulisch :: Just For You

David Egan :: You Don't Know Your Mind

David Gilmour :: Live in Gdansk

Dean Hall and The Loose Eels :: Shed My Skin

Delta Highway :: The Devil Had A Woman

Dennis Jones :: Passion For The Blues

Derek Trucks Band :: Songlines

Dog Town :: No Ordinary Blue

Doug Deming & the Jewel Tones :: Double Down

Duke Robillard :: A Swingin' Session With Duke Robillard

Eddy The Chief Clearwater :: West Side Strut

Elvin Bishop :: Don't let the bossman get you down

Elvin Bishop :: The Blues Rolls On

Eric Bibb :: Diamond Days

Eric Bibb :: Friends

Eric Clapton :: Crossroads Guitar Festival

Eric Clapton :: Live at Montreux 1986

Eric Lindell :: Change In The Weather

Fabulous Thunderbirds :: Painted On

Fiona Boyes and the Fortune Tellers :: LUCKY 13

Filisko & Noden - LIVE

Fillmore Slim :: Funky Mama's House

Floyd Lee Band :: Doctors, Devils & Drugs

Fremonts featuring Mighty Joe Milsap :: Mighty Crazy

From Clarksdale to Heaven :: Remembering John Lee Hooker

Gary Gordon :: Real Blues

Gary Moore :: Close As You Get

Gary Moore :: Definitive Montreux

Gary Moore :: Essential Montreux

George Thorogood and the Destroyers :: Hard Stuff

Gerome Durham :: I'm Not That Strong

Gina Sicilia :: Hey Sugar

Grandpa Elliot :: Sugar Sweet

Guy Forsyth :: Love Songs: For & Against

Guy Forsyth :: Steak

Groundhogs :: Live At The Astoria

Harper :: Down to the Rhythm

Harry Manx :: Mantras For Madmen

Hollywood Blue Flames :: Soul Sanctuary

Holmes Brothers :: State Of Grace

Homemade Jamz Blues Band :: I Got Blues For You & The Game

Homemade Jamz Blues Band :: Pay Me No Mind

Homesick for the Road :: Neal, Davies, Benoit

Homesick James :: My home ain't here

HoneyBoy Dupree & The Smokehouse Players :: Anybody Seen My Baby?

Honey Boy Edwards :: Blues, Blues

I-K

Ike Turner & The Kings of Rhythm - Here and Now

Jack's Blues :: A Soulful Tribute To Jack Buck

Jackie Payne & Steve Edmonson Band :: Overnight Sensation

Janiva Magness :: Do I Move You

Jason Ricci and New Blood :: Done With The Devil

JD & The Straight Shot :: Nothing To Hide

Jeff Beck :: Live At Ronnie Scotts Jazz Club

Jeff Beck :: Truth

Jeff Healey :: Mess Of Blues

Jeff Healey :: Songs from the road

Jeff Scheetz Band :: Beggars, Rogues & Thieves

Jim Byrnes :: My Walking Stick

Jim Liban and Steve Cohen :: Hot Air

Jim Liban Blues Trio :: Hot Tongue and Cold Shoulder

Jimbo Mathus :: Double Dose

Jimi Bott :: Live Volume 1 Cheap Thrills

Jimi Hendrix :: Blues

Jimi Hocking :: Give Jimi Some Love!

Jimmy Dawkins :: Tell Me Baby

Jimmy 'Duck' Holmes :: Back to Bentonia

Jimmy Reed :: On the Jimmy Reed highway

Jimmy Smith :: Dot Com Blues

Joe Louis Walker :: Playin Dirty

Joe Price :: Rain or Shine

John Kay :: Heretics and Privateers

John Lee Hooker Jr. :: Blues With A Vengeance

John Lee Hooker :: Boom Boom

John Lee Hooker :: Boxed Set

John Lee Hooker, Jr. :: Cold As Ice

John Long :: Lost & Found

John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers :: Road Dogs

John Németh :: Love Me Tonight

John Nemeth :: Magic Touch

John Nemeth :: Name The Day!

Jr. Johnny :: Dancing With the Devil

Keb' Mo' :: Martin Scorsese Presents

Ken Tucker :: Looking For A Brighter Day

Kenny 'Blues Boss' Wayne :: Can't Stop Now

Kenny Traylor :: Tribute

Kenny Wayne Shepherd :: 10 DAYS OUT

King Clarentz :: Day of the Supermodel

Kirk Fletcher :: Shades of Blue

L-N

Larry Davis :: Funny Stuff

Lauren Ellis :: Feels Like Family

Legendary Rhythm & Blues Revue :: Command Performance

Legends Live at Montreux 1997

Lil Ed and the Blues Imperials :: Full Tilt

Lil Ed & the Blues Imperials :: Rattleshake

Little Feat :: Skin It Back

Liz Mandeville :: Red Top

Los Fabulocos :: Featuring Kid Ramos

Los Lonely Boys :: Live at the Blues Cat Club

Los Lonely Boys :: Sacred

Los Lonely Boys :: Texican Style

Lynyrd Skynyrd Sweet Home Alabama :: Rockpalast Collection

Mac Arnold & Plate Full O' Blues:: Nothin' To Prove

Mack Jump :: Drivin' All Night

Magic Slim & The Teardrops :: Anything Can Happen

Magic Slim & The Teardrops :: Midnight Blues

Marcia Ball :: Peace, Love, and BBQ

Marc Benno :: Crawlin'

Mark Benno :: I Got It Bad!

Mark DuFresne :: Been Watchin' You

Mark Hummel :: Blowin' my horn

Matt Schofield Trio :: Ear To The Ground

Matthew Robinson :: Bad habits

Mem Shannon :: I'm From Phunkville

Michael Burks :: From the Inside Out

Michael Burks :: Iron Man

Michael Hill's Blues Mob :: Bloodlines

Michael Powers :: Onyx Root

Mighty Lester Band :: We Are Mighty Lester

Mike Morgan and The Crawl :: Stronger Every Day

Mike Zito :: Today

Mississippi Heat :: Hattiesburg Blues

Mississippi Mudsharks :: Train Rolls On

Mitch Kashmar :: Nickels & Dimes

Mitch Kashmar :: Wake Up & Worry

Mitch Woods :: Keeper of the Flame

Mojo Stu :: Real House Blues

Monster Mike Welch :: Just Like It Is

Moody Blues :: Live At The Isle Of Wight Festival

Moreland & Arbuckle :: 1861

Mud Morganfield :: Fall Waters Fall

Muddy Waters :: King Bee

Murali Coryell :: The Same Damn Thing

Nathan James :: I Don't Know It

Nathan James & Ben Hernandez :: Make a Change Sometime

Niacin :: Live! In Tokyo (DVD)

Nick Moss & The Flip Tops :: Live At Chans

Nick Moss & The Flip Tops :: Play It

Nick Moss and the Fliptops :: Sadie Mae

O-R

Octavia & The Earthblood Blues Band :: Down In The Hollow

Omar & The Howlers :: Boogie Man

Omar & The Howlers :: Muddy Springs Road

Otis Rush & Friends

Otis Taylor :: Below The Fold

Paul Reddick :: Sugarbird

Paul Reddick :: The Best Of

Paul Reddick :: Villanelle

Phillip Walker :: Going Back Home

Pinetop Perkins Story :: Born in the honey

Playing For Change :: Songs Around the World

Porky Cohen :: Rhythm and Bones

Ray Charles w/ Count Basie :: Ray sings, Basie swings

Ray Charles - Genius :: The Ultimate Collection

Ray Charles :: 'Live in Brazil' DVD

Return To Forever :: Live At Montreux 2008

Reverend Raven :: LIVE AT BLUES ON GRAND Featuring Madison Slim

Reverend Raven :: Big Bee

Rich DelGrosso :: Get Your Nose Outta My Business!

Rick Estrin :: On The Harp Side

Rick Estrin :: Rick Estrin Reveals!

Rick Estrin and The Nightcats :: Twisted

Ricky Nye :: Ville du Bois - Ricky Nye In Paris

RJ Mischo :: He Came To Play

Robert Cray Band :: Twenty

Robert Jr. Lockwood with The Aces

Robert Plant :: Dreamland

Robert Randolph & THB :: Unclassified

Robin Rogers :: Back In The Fire

Robin Rogers :: Treat Me Right

Rod Piazza & The Mighty Flyers :: The Chosen Who

Rolling Stones :: A Bigger Bang

Rolling Stones :: Truth and Lies DVD

Ron McManaman :: Alibis

Ron Spencer & Jump Start :: Livin ' Low

Roomful of Blues :: Standing Room Only

Rory Gallagher :: Live In Cork

Rory Gallagher The Best Of: Crest Of A Wave

Roscoe Beck :: Walk On

Rusty Zinn :: Zinfidelity Vol. 1

S-T

Saffire :: Deluxe Edition

Saffire :: Havin' The Last Word

Samuel James :: Songs Famed For Sorrow And Joy

Sean Costello :: We can get together

Seth Walker :: Leap Of Faith

Siegel-Schwall Band :: 'flash forward'

Sleepy John Estes with Hammie Nixon :: On 80 Highway

Slick Ballinger :: Mississippi Soul

Smokin Joe Kubek & Bnois King :: Blood Brothers

Solomon Burke :: Make Do With What You Got

Son House :: Delta Blues and Spirituals

Sonny Landreth :: Grant Street

Steve Guyger :: Radio Blues

Steve Gerard and The National Debonaires :: Words are like bullets

Steve Howell :: My Mind Gets To Ramblin

Steven Seagal & Thunderbox :: Mojo Priest

Stew Moss :: The Plum

Stuff :: Live At Montreux

Sue Foley :: Without a warning

Sue Foley :: New Used Car

Sugarcane Collins :: Way Down The River

Susan Tedechi :: livefromaustintexas

Tas Cru :: Grizzle n' Bone

Telarc's Got More Blues :: New Blues for 2000

The Band :: The Last Waltz

The Insomniacs :: At Least I'm Not With You

Thin Lizzy :: Are You Ready?

This Is The Blues :: Volumes I, II, III & IV

Tinsley Ellis :: Highwayman

Tinsley Ellis :: Speak No Evil

Tom Hunter :: Here I Go Again

Tripwire :: Get It On

Tutu Jones :: Live

Twisters :: After The Storm

U-Z

Variety :: The songs of Willie Dixon

Variety - Worried Life Blues

Walter Trout :: Deep Trout

Walter Trout & Friends :: Full Circle

Walter Trout :: Unspoiled By Progress

Watermelon Slim & The Workers :: No Paid Holidays

Watermelon Slim :: Up Close & Personal

Watermelon Slim :: Wheel Man

Webb Wilder and the Beatnecks :: Born To Be Wilder

Willie Kent :: Comin Alive!

Willie Nelson Special with Special Guest Ray Charles

Willie 'Big Eyes' Smith and the Juke Joint Rockers :: Bluesin' It

The Wood Brothers :: Loaded

Zac Harmon and the Midsouth Blues Revue :: The Blues According to Zacariah

ZZ Top :: Live from Texas (CD)

ZZ Top :: Live from Texas (DVD)

ZZ Top :: One foot in the Blues

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