Dedicated to documenting the personality of Blues dance, its forms, context, and development within the continuum of African-American vernacular dances. More i Dedicated to documenting the personality of Blues dance, its forms, context, and development within the continuum of African-American vernacular dances. More info about The Blues Dance Project at:
http://www.blues-dance.com/bluesdance... (more) (less)

Tags: blues dance jazz jookin shout bluesshout slow drag
Status: Protected
Created: February 15, 2007

An oasis of sanity for those who love real blues, the good stuff, from the Delta, the Hill Country, Tennessee, Texas, Memphis, Chicago, Detroit, St. Louis- the An oasis of sanity for those who love real blues, the good stuff, from the Delta, the Hill Country, Tennessee, Texas, Memphis, Chicago, Detroit, St. Louis- the classic old vintage footage and the best of the currrent activity, the kind that raises the hackles of both the mind and the body. We welcome Muddy, Wolf, Sonny Boy, Queen Bee Victoria, Son Skip & Bukka, Ramblin' Fred, Bessie, Big Mama, Big Bill, RL Burnside, Junior and Buddy, all the Kings, Corey Harris and all those other wonderful folks who we've held in awe for so long.

We also welcome top notch vintage gospel, especially quartets, singing preachers and great soloists. It's the other side of our coin and we value it just as highly.

We dont care if the footage is grainy or blurred (though pin-sharp is always welcome) - what we care about is that special emotional impact that only the really deep blues and gospel can generate.

We encourage you to ramble on at length in the text box dispensing all the facts you can garner about the performances you are displaying, and we don't mind forthright opinion.

Further, we encourage healthy discussions of arcane aspects of the music (although serial exchangers of terms like "WANKER" will eventually be escorted to the door) and while we primarily exist to preach to the converted, we also want to reach out to those unfortunate souls who have yet to encounter the sheer majesty and power of REAL blues and gospel; which is why we're putting you all on your honor to upload only good stuff, so PLEASE, no endless drunken amateur videos of twobit bar bands struggling through "Mojo" again.....in fact, if you follow the pattern of videos posted so far, you cant go wrong

Remember, look not only at what videos are in the main group, but also explore the "members" section; if you click on the names of group members you will see what else they have (often very interesting stuff) and also what their own favorites are (also very interesting). The string goes on forever. Explore!

Also; check out "THE REAL BLUES ARCHIVE" at "www.Dailymotion.com", our alternative website

Partisan enough for you? Then come on into the pool, the Muddy Waters are very refreshing...and above all, HAVE FUN (more) (less)

Tags: BLUES DELTA CHICAGO MISSISSIPPI BOTTLENECK GUITAR HARMONICA
Status: Public
Created: October 04, 2006

All about swing dancing. East Coast, West Coast, Lindy Hop, Jitterbug, Balboa, and all the forms of this fantastic jazz dance form.

Tags: lindyhop, lindy, swingdancing, swing, dancing
Status: Public
Created: April 14, 2006