by Paul Merry | Aug 31, 2013 | Uncategorized |
“@paulgmerry. Well, thank you. I only absorb from those that speak the truth.” DJ Bob (@zczbob). September 1, 2013. Bluesmuse34. Is there a more insightful creative notion than less is more? The best designers and most successful musicians have always...
by Paul Merry | Aug 26, 2013 | Uncategorized |
“Best piece of documentation on my band done by an author or journalist. Thank you Paul Merry.” Nick J Townsend, WEAK13. BLUESMUSE33 First there was blues, but only after: · Ethiopian delineating in the 1820s and 30s · Minstrelsy from the...
by Paul Merry | Aug 21, 2013 | stories |
Dirty blues lyrics and filthy rugby songs: the similarities. Like blues, rugby can be pretty dirty CONTAINS PROFANITIES. PLEASE DON’T READ IF EASILY OFFENDED. At first glance, blues music and rugby union seem the most unusual bedfellows. Scratch the surface,...
by Paul Merry | Aug 8, 2013 | Uncategorized |
“Since reading the blog, I have been amazed at the amount of plagiarism that went on from old black blues music.” PrivatePerson3, UK “Love your blog on RnR Trail Blazers.” Noah Seidenberg @noahzark58, 20 August 2013, Chicago, USA. <div...
by Paul Merry | Aug 2, 2013 | Uncategorized |
BLUESMUSE31 While many blues historians write of the 1890s as the decade blues began, in the first volume of ‘How Blues Evolved’, I put a case for the 1890s being simply the second blues watershed before the birth of modern blues. The first blues watershed, I...
