Browsing: W. C. Handy

‘Mr. Handy’s Blues’ has now been picked up for worldwide distribution in the educational space!

A history of Jeff Healy, the Queen of Soul Aretha Franklin, and the “Bonanza All Star Blues LP” by Spivey Records all in This Week in Blues Past!

In the blues, a Hambone is usually, unsurprisingly, a euphemism. Find out how it got into blues song, and who popularized it in this week’s fascinating LOTB column!

When it comes to the blues, Cleveland may have it all: the last real juke joint, a stunning music college program, an upcoming GRAMMY Museum, tenures filled with untapped blues treasures, and two of the most significant locations in the wide history of the blues.

The famous dance that turned WC Handy into the Father of the Blues is about to gain a prestigious commemoration on the Mississippi Blues Trail — along with some exciting new facts about the event

Roster Includes Returning Favorites and New Acts

Although early slide guitar players used knives and bones as slides, blues guitarists soon broke the necks off of bottles for slides. Read all about the guitar slide and it’s incredible place in history!!

Actor John Goodman, a Saint Louis native, is the latest high profile personality to advocate the National Blues Museum in Saint Louis in a YouTube video posted today.

Do you know where the term “Blues” came from? Discover the word’s incredible journey and hidden meanings in this week’s Language of the Blues article.

“balling the jack” a popular phrase from blues songs, rail yards, dance halls, and even Harlem plays and eventually the silver screen! Find all about “Balling the Jack”!