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MAGAZINES:

BLUES REVUE
American blues magazine, great articles, all writers are deeply dedicated to blues, many reviews, interviews, info on new CD releases, subscribe and enjoy, it's worth it ! 6 issues annually, Bi-Monthly, $20 US, $24 Canada/Mexico, $30 Foreign ( should take more for that quality...)There are discussions going on about some changes done in the magazine ( new layout, more agressive approach to promotion of blues, jazz column in this blues magazine etc.) but - see for yourself and decide.

BLUES MATTERS
Blues Magazine from the UK

ROOTSY
A roots music site (in Swedish). Reviews of CDs, articles written by some of the best Scandinavian music journalists, lots of stuff about country, blues, americana, reggae, soul, rock, gospel, jazz...

ABSOLUTELY WORTH YOUR WEB VISIT:

SANDÉN GUITARS
Acoustic guitars of my choice. These instruments not only have a fantastic sound and projection, they also represent the design which is both down to earth and gracious. A killing combination. I'm on my Sandén nr.2 for the moment... Please see the pictures on the Gallery pages (Gear section).

Diamond Bottlenecks
Custom made slides which are absolutely fantastic. Every now and then I get emails or calls about some great "new slides", a friend of friend's old buddy who has _just_ started making slides out of... whatever, but Diamond Bottlenecks are for real, they are here to stay, and the company is (luckily for all slide players) growing and developing well. Visit the website and contact the slide consultant Ian Mc Wee.

G7th Capos
Homesick Mac's is using the G7th as his main capo. Please read more on the gear pages

Delta Resonator Guitars
Resonator guitars handbuilt by John Alderson. Every guitar is built to order, and John can tailor them to your particular requirements regarding finish, scale length and a whole host of other options. Tested and aproved, great guitars

Rainer Wöffler & The "Sons Of The Desert" band
Mac's musical brother Rainer Wöffler is one of the finest practitioners of early country blues in Germany where he's based. He performs solo, in a duo with another great guitar picker Peter Krause, or with his band Sons Of The Desert. The band plays "Heavy Metal" of the roaring Twenties - Blues, Hawaaian, early jazz...

Raw Hide
The ultimate Chicago blues band of Central Europe, based in Belgrade/Serbia. Great band in it's own right and within other styles but also known as the fantastic backup group that's been working with some of the top names in the business (Junior Wells, Louisiana Red and many more...)

Point Blank
Dr Project, a pioneering Belgrade blues band. One of the eldest and most known blues bands in former Yugoslavia/Serbia.

Peter Crow C.
Peter Krause, mentioned above, is one of the finest fingerpickers in Germany who's CD "Greedy Woman Blues" has won the German price for the "Best Bluesalbum 2005 (Cool Step)". Peter is a great harmonica player as well, a result of a long term hand injury in the early 90's when he just "had to play something...". Oh well, ... somebody brake my arm! ...

Keith Dunn
One of the best blues musicians nowdays. Keith plays harmonica, he sings, produces and his strongest work so far is a wonderful CD "Alone With The Blues" where he _really_ is alone, with his harmonica, soulful vocals and the blues. It's been a long time since we've heard a record so deep and sincere. Visit, buy the CD and you're done. The way you listen to harp players will never be the same again...

RESOUND
A fine music shop in the UK owned by John and Patricia Crabb. Visit and check out their resophonic resources.

Blueslinks from Holland
A great list of links to blues bands, from all around the world.
A non-profit site dedicated to the promotion and preservation of independent and international Blues Artists.

Ana Popovic Band
Blues lady with a fantastic touch and soul both guitarwise and when we talk about singing. The fact that she's from the same part of the world as Homesick Mac isn't making the things worse at all... Please visit and enjoy. Ana _can_ her chops !

The Fabulous PLANNET DOBRO Slide Site
A networking and hot link page, providing short-cuts to artists, music, labels, catalogs and resources on the web for the culture of SLIDE GUITAR.
Great, great site, increadibly lots of info about slide playing, slide musicians, other great links to find and much more.

George Piburn's Lap Steel Site
Go and see for yourself, great lap steels !

Shoreline Music - instruments & accessories
Great choce of quality instruments and accessories.


Brad Bechtel's homepage
leading you to the "Brad's Page Of Steel" which is a site with increadibly much information on every possible aspect of lap steel guitar playing.


L A Jones
A fellow blues musician on the web. New link, go visit and read about this great guitar player/singer who paid his dues backing up some of the biggest blues names ever ( Pinetop Perkins, Eddie Kirkland ), and who is touring the world playing either with his own band The Blues Messengers, or appearing as the guest soloist with many fine European blues bands. If he's ever playing near you, go and see L A Jones, the guy has a killer show !

NATIONAL Reso-Phonic Guitars
Yeah, Nationals were there first. Great resophonic instruments, made in U.S.A., many different models to chose from, and a beautifuly designed Website.

WOLF Records International
Online catalogue where you can also find Sam Mitchell's and Homesick Mac's "Two Long From Home" CD. You can go through the whole big catalogue, or you can read about the WOLF Company.

The Rambling Blues Trio
This acoustic trio from Hungary is struggling for it's place on the European blues scene. Visit and listen to some sound files as well...

"Guitars 4 Sale"
Great collection of Web sites that buy, sell, or trade all kinds of guitars.

HAWKEYE HERMAN
Check out the site of this American acoustic blues musician from sunny 'n' shakin' California...

Bullamore Personal Management
This is the site for a managing companing representing LONG JOHN HUNTER and SMOKIN' JOE KUBEK band featuring BENOIS KING

Here's what the Living Blues magazine wrote about John:
"Listening to Border Town Legend, you're ready to believe that Long John Hunter's live performances are every bit as raucous and exciting as his legend would have it. He's a thoroughly original stylist with an irrepressible sense of fun chops to burn, and a musical imagination that shows no signs of slowing down."

BLUES WORLD
A Wonderful blues site by Joel Slotnikoff, lots of information on Blues records, instruments, artists, magazines, great links too. On the opening page you can find exactly 46 graphics/links to click on, which would then take you to another 46 pages which would then take you...

ACOUSTIC MUSIC
Dave Pyles says:
"We work to promote Acoustic Music and Acoustic Music Venues online. Changes take place here daily, or even hourly. So come on in and check us out!"
Really a great site giving tons of info about acoustic music of many styles. Contains:
- Links to Acoustic Music Venues' Homepages
- Links to Performers' Homepages
- Reviews of Folk and Acoustic Recordings
- Links to Other Acoustic Music Resources

MUSIC INDUSTRY PAGES

KING BISCUIT TIME RADIO
King Biscuit Time is the longest running daily radio show in history, and continues to be broadcast daily on Delta Broadcasting's KFFA 1360 AM in Helena, Arkansas. First broadcast on November 21, 1941, King Biscuit Time featured legendary Blues artists Sonny Boy Williamson and Robert Jr. Lockwood playing live in the studio. The show was named after the locally distributed King Biscuit Flour.

R R MACLEOD'S LYRICS AND TRANSCRIPTIONS
King BiscYRIC TRANSCRIPTIONS OF PRE-WAR BLUES AND GOSPEL RECORDS.
If you want to get a hold on REAL blues lyrics, get in touch with a writer R R MACLEOD . He wrote all together 8 books, and any real blues fan ( and deffinitelly every musician ) should have at least one of these titles. Tons and tons of lyrics !

SWEDISH, DANISH & NORWEGIAN BLUES LINKS:

Øernes Blues Band
Danish Blues band established in 1983. Today they're playing many different styles from Robert Johnson, Elmore James,Willie Dixon og B.B.King, to blues-rock folk like Peter Green, Johnny Winter, Eric Clapton og Jimi Hendrix.

Knock-Out Greg & BLUE WEATHER
Homepage of this blues band from Gnesta, Sweden.
Their dynamite blues-show won't let you down and it suits everyone with a shot of
rhythm in their blood!!! Go catch'em live and they will KNOCK YOU OUT !!!