Stories from BluePower.Com
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Thelonius James Rides Again!
BluePower.Com &bull Apr 29, 2010
Here at BluePower, we are always on the lookout for what we feel is inspired product. We receive so many CDs that just don't go that extra step to make the music different and unique. This CD is the best… Full Story »
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BluePower Presents....Southern Guitar Masters!
BluePower.Com &bull Apr 9, 2010
Southern Guitar MastersMississippi Fred McDowell Charley Patton Robert JohnsonSkip James Bukka WhiteRose Hemphill Sunnyland Slim From southern England:Cream The blues is about many things. About how your woman done you wrong. The Boss Man being mean to you. Things humorous.… Full Story »
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Why the NAB Is Losing Radio's Royalty Exemption!
BluePower.Com &bull Apr 8, 2010
By Jerry Del CollianoInside Music Media The radio lobby (National Association of Broadcasters) and the record industry lobby (MusicFIRST Coalition) are being childish. The record label interests try to make it appear that the radio industry is trying to hurt starving artists by opposing the proposed repeal of the performance royalty exemption. It's not like the radio industry doesn't already pay ASCAP, BMI and SESAC licensing fees. You've got a polarization developing (does this surprise you in today's political climate?) that you're either for artists or against them. The radio lobby is just as bad. As NAB Spokesperson Dennis Wharton… Full Story »
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- Performance
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In The Beginning....Skip James!
BluePower.Com &bull Apr 5, 2010
After several months of deliberation, BluePower has come to the conclusion that it would be beneficial to develop a series which exposed the many fine artists who added so much to the rich heritage of the American folk tradition called… Full Story »
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- Heritage
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A Master Hitmaker And Pure Gentleman....Eddie Schwartz!
BluePower.Com &bull Mar 15, 2010
I met Eddie Schwartz the first time in Hollywood in 1978. He had been signed by ATV Music who, at that time, was a major client of mine at Hollywood Central Recorders. ATV had flown Eddie into Hollywood to record… Full Story »
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- Lesson
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Good Morning Blues........'Crazy 'Bout An Automobile'!
BluePower.Com &bull Mar 10, 2010
By 1953 and 1954, I was 12 and 13 respectively. Like so many kids in the United States, I waited impatiently for September to roll around; thus releasing all the new model cars at once into my impatient life. I… Full Story »
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Ike Turner Tells It Like It Was....A BluePower Re-Run!
BluePower.Com &bull Mar 4, 2010
This time IKE pulls no punches. He speaks about the record companies of the fifties and sixties and their ways of doing business. Ike speaks out about RAP and the negative values of the genre regarding African Americans. Parts 3… Full Story »
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BluePower Re-Run....Ike Turner....The Bad Boy Of The Blues!
BluePower.Com &bull Feb 27, 2010
BluePower is proud to present Part One and Two of an exclusive interview with the inimitable IKE TURNER. Hailed as the FATHER OF ROCK AND ROLL, Turner talks of the early days on the road, his influences and of the… Full Story »
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BluePower Presents....An Evening With Teresa Russell!
BluePower.Com &bull Feb 22, 2010
A raging Southern California guitar phenomenon ..... Described as "the most awesome Female rock guitarist...ever!" Teresa, is the only female to ever qualify" in the top eight" for the national finals in the Rock Roll Hall of Fame's lead guitar… Full Story »
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BluePower Re-Run....An Evening With Barry McCabe!
BluePower.Com &bull Jan 30, 2010
The strength of the Blues can be determined by the sheer amount of ground the music has covered in the last 80 years. In that time, this purely American art-form has managed to blossom in nearly every country in the… Full Story »
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- Rock

