Blues History - by Ed Davis from Bellport.com
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In a world where change comes seemingly every other week, for something to survive for more than a century is rare indeed. The blues has done that.
The foundation upon which all other American music is based, the blues has attracted millions of fans all over the world, but most of them know little, if anything at all, of its fascinating history.
For serious scholars, a huge volume of literature exists and more is being published every year, but if you’re a casual listener who might like to know a little more about the blues and its history, Bellport.com presents this ongoing series which will follow the rise of the blues in the nineteenth century, its spanning of the twentieth century, and its continued existence in the twenty first.
Your guide will be Mr. Ed Davis. Ed has been addicted to the blues since 1954. In 1985 he joined the staff of Stony Brook University's radio station WUSB and for fourteen years he was one of the co-hosts on the long running Tuesday night blues show. In 1990 he started the Friday morning show, Blues With a Feeling, which he hosted for eight and a half years.
Ed was a founding member of the Long Island Blues Society, serving as its vice-president for eight years. For the first several years of the Blues Society’s newsletter, he wrote a column on blues history and has also lectured many times on the same subject.
..... Larry Sribnick - Editor of Bellport.com
Click here to read Ed's 'Blues History' columns on the Bellport.com website
Introduction and photo by Larry Sribnick of Bellport.com.
The foundation upon which all other American music is based, the blues has attracted millions of fans all over the world, but most of them know little, if anything at all, of its fascinating history.
For serious scholars, a huge volume of literature exists and more is being published every year, but if you’re a casual listener who might like to know a little more about the blues and its history, Bellport.com presents this ongoing series which will follow the rise of the blues in the nineteenth century, its spanning of the twentieth century, and its continued existence in the twenty first.
Your guide will be Mr. Ed Davis. Ed has been addicted to the blues since 1954. In 1985 he joined the staff of Stony Brook University's radio station WUSB and for fourteen years he was one of the co-hosts on the long running Tuesday night blues show. In 1990 he started the Friday morning show, Blues With a Feeling, which he hosted for eight and a half years.
Ed was a founding member of the Long Island Blues Society, serving as its vice-president for eight years. For the first several years of the Blues Society’s newsletter, he wrote a column on blues history and has also lectured many times on the same subject.
..... Larry Sribnick - Editor of Bellport.com
Click here to read Ed's 'Blues History' columns on the Bellport.com website
Introduction and photo by Larry Sribnick of Bellport.com.