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Paul Merry Blues and Rock.
Paul Merry Blues and Rock.
Unveiling the mystery of blues and rock history.
  • How Christmas Day was saved by Spotify

    How Christmas Day was saved by Spotify

    ByPaul Merry December 30, 2013

    BluesMuse48. Talk about being let down by your own blog post. I thought my video juke box link might add a nice bit of nostalgia to Christmas Day for anyone interested in 1950s classic American pop music. So, on Christmas Day, round we go to my younger son’s place where he’s promised to indulge me…

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  • Since it’s Boxing Day, let’s talk blues musicians who boxed

    Since it’s Boxing Day, let’s talk blues musicians who boxed

    ByPaul Merry December 26, 2013

    “Very good read! Sort of expected to read that the Wolf was a boxer as well. Best wishes for a prosperous 2014.” JonnyThumper (@jonnythumper) December 26, 2013. BLUESMUSE47. The heavyweight blues song writer, Willie Dixon In most countries in the English-speaking world, including Britain, Australia and Canada, the day after Christmas is called Boxing Day….

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  • Pop your cork this Christmas with these classic 50s pop clips

    Pop your cork this Christmas with these classic 50s pop clips

    ByPaul Merry December 24, 2013

    “Thanks for one’s marvelous posting! I seriously enjoyed reading it, you can be a great author. I will always bookmark your blog and definitely will come back from now on. I want to encourage that you continue your great job, have a nice day!” Anonymous noreply-comment@blogger.com 11 March, 2014     Merry Christmas from the Paul…

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  • EXCLUSIVE. The world’s first black blues recording.

    EXCLUSIVE. The world’s first black blues recording.

    ByPaul Merry December 21, 2013

    UPDATED: JULY 11th 2018 Is this a world exclusive? Well, I’d never seen it mentioned when I first wrote this five years ago. And I haven’t seen it mentioned since. BluesMuse46. Nearly 103 years ago, a song was recorded that many blues and jazz traditionalists rate as their genres’ greatest of all time. It was Christmas…

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  • Happy birthday, Little Boy Blue, Keith Richards, 70

    Happy birthday, Little Boy Blue, Keith Richards, 70

    ByPaul Merry December 18, 2013

    Keith and Mick back in the day Today is not just any old birthday for the esteemed Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards, it’s a massive one: a mind-blowing 70, would you believe. Not only that, 18th December is also the day slavery was abolished in the United States, which was 148 years ago in 1865;…

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