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| Name: | Philip Manion |
| E-mail address: | philipmanion1999@googlemail.com |
| Comments: | Great site thank you
Phil |
| Name: | Raimund |
| E-mail address: | grey56wolf@gmx.de |
| Comments: | I am just listening to "Horny Frog" from B.B.B. and other songs on a big compilation of him. I think that Big Bill had more influence on popular blues than other artists/writers, because he left such a bunch of material of very differnt styles. It is always a pleasure to listen to that. I am actually working on different Blues projects and looking every time for good roots, I am always successful in Bills material.
All the best for Bluespeople spread all over the world from snowy white Hamburg, Germany. Ray |
| Name: | Raimund |
| Name: | Robert Caldicott |
| E-mail address: | robcaldicott@fastmail.fm |
| Comments: | Just listened (again!) to See See Rider....
Just lovely. |
| Name: | alain His |
| E-mail address: | alain.his@neuf.fr |
| Comments: | Bonjour
I am looking for the CD (transfert from a vinyl) of Big Bill Broonzy "Big Bill" sings the blues, with "Kansas Fields on the drums. Could you, please, give me the reference ? Thanks tor cooperation Alain |
| Name: | Terry Cryer |
| E-mail address: | tacryer@yahoo.co.uk |
| Homepage URL: | http:// terrycryer.com |
| Comments: | Ian, I wonder if you can help me I am trying to find the company who are issuing Big Bill cds produced originally by Acrobat who went into receivership a couple of years ago, futurenoise music bought some but not the ones I'm searchig for there are six , Big Bill live in Nottingham, BBlive in Copenhagen, the chronicals of BB and the chronicals Vol2, and others if I could find who are issuing them I can chase them for some Loot. Cheers Terry |
| Name: | Frankivity |
| E-mail address: | customfrank@yahoo.com |
| Comments: | Just getting into Big Bill's catalog but already realize his voice, singing style and guitar playing combined are as good as it gets.
Thanks |
| Name: | Paul Wild |
| E-mail address: | paulwild@f2s.com |
| Comments: | Hi Ian, it's good to log on to tour site. I've got back into the blues recently, and your offerings are so good.
We have talked in the past at the ICJS study schools. Paul. ps. I went to the Eastney Cellars recently to see John Cleary. A real mind-blowing performance!! So good in a tiny venue! |
| Name: | John Fergusson |
| E-mail address: | jf23536@aol.com |
| Comments: | As a student at Glasgow University in the mid-1950s I had the privilege of attending a Big Bill Broonzy concert in the late lamented St Andrew's Halls (burned down and never replaced). Now in my 70s and listening once again to the great man's music (through You Tube!!), I feel that the contribution that Big Bill made to helping European audiences understand how pernicious racism was in the USA during his lifetime, is worthy of much greater appreciation than currently appears online. |
| Name: | Nicholas Barnett |
| E-mail address: | nick.s.barnett@btinternet.com |
| Comments: | Does anyone know what "billed out" means?
It's from Big Bill Broonzy's song _Key to the Highway_ |
| Name: | olle holmqvist |
| E-mail address: | olleholmqvist@hotmail.com |
| Homepage URL: | http://hem.fyristorg.com/olleholmqvist/vissangare.htm |
| Comments: | Does anyone know where Big Billīs own guitars are today ?
Imagine, holding it, touching the same strings.. olle h of Lund Sweden |
| Name: | Bettina Weller |
| E-mail address: | info@bettinaweller.nl |
| Homepage URL: | http://www.bettinaweller.nl |
| Comments: | It was indeed a moving moment,
thinking of the text Black Brown and White. I am the wife of Big Bill Broonzy's son Michael, living in Amsterdam, we have two children. greetings Bettina |
| Name: | Ian |
| E-mail address: | ianrpage@gmail.com |
| Comments: | The version of the sng "Black, Brown and White" that I have has the chorus:
If you white, should be all right, If you brown, stick around But if you black, get back, get back, get back. Best wishes, Ian |
| Name: | Christopher Baudat |
| E-mail address: | cbaudat@telus.net |
| Comments: | Incredible how far into the future Big Bill saw.
"It Was Just a Dream" which had the audience rocking with laughter at the lines: "Dreamed I was in the White House, sittin' in the president's chair. I dreamed he's shaking my hand, said "Bill, I'm glad you're here". But that was just a dream. What a dream I had on my mind. And when I woke up, not a chair could I find" They aren't laughing no more!! |
| Name: | Christopher Baudat |
| E-mail address: | cbaudat@telus.net |
| Comments: | Incredible how far into the future Big Bill saw.
"It Was Just a Dream" which had the audience rocking with laughter at the lines: "Dreamed I was in the White House, sittin' in the president's chair. I dreamed he's shaking my hand, said "Bill, I'm glad you're here". But that was just a dream. What a dream I had on my mind. And when I woke up, not a chair could I find" They aren't laughing no more!! |
| Name: | Christopher Baudat |
| E-mail address: | cbaudat@telus.net |
| Comments: | Incredible how far into the future Big Bill saw.
"It Was Just a Dream" which had the audience rocking with laughter at the lines" "Dreamed I was in the White House, sittin' in the president's chair. I dreamed he's shaking my hand, said "Bill, I'm glad you're here". But that was just a dream. What a dream I had on my mind. And when I woke up, not a chair could I find" They aren't laughing no more!! |
| Name: | Ray Schmitz |
| E-mail address: | raysmcp@yahoo.com |
| Comments: | I thought it was good of the rock and roll hall of fame to pay respects to Big Bill Broonzy. Guitar Rag is great mental fodder.
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| Name: | Ray Schmitz |
| E-mail address: | raysmcp@yahoo.com |
| Comments: | I thought it was good of the rock and roll hall of fame to pay respects to Big Bill Broonzy. Guitar Rag is great mental fodder.
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| Name: | A.P.Donald |
| E-mail address: | zen92530@zen.co.uk |
| Comments: | Spent a very enjoyable evening with Bill in Leeds in the fifties, he was on top form playing all his own favourites and what a privilige it was spending time with him. I am now in my 70's but will never forget the greatest Blues singer of all time. |
| Name: | raggedy |
| E-mail address: | btexpress944@gmail.com |
| Homepage URL: | http://undercoveranna.blogspot.com/ |
| Comments: | I love your article about Big Bill, and used a lot of the info I found in it in my blog post about this great musician.
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| Name: | Stacy Pulliam |
| E-mail address: | stacypulliam27@hotmail.com |
| Comments: | PS: ...and THANK YOU for this site and the Big Bill page. Thank you for the opportunity to share my feelings about this amazing man. |
| Name: | Stacy Pulliam |
| E-mail address: | stacypulliam27@hotmail.com |
| Comments: | I love Bill dearly and he was one of the first blues guys I remember listening to. One of the first to REALLY make me take notice. I first heard him on a local college station when I was in my mid-teens and I was hooked. I grew up in a small North Carolina town where the main thing musically is contemporary country and/or bluegrass. But I loved blues and Bill really grabbed my attention the day I first heard him. He will always be one of the most important people in my mind...and in my heart. I have read that Bill was a peaceful kind of person. He certainly brings a sense of peace and REAL happiness to me. He was and still IS a very important figure of social awareness and in a great sense- civil rights. He was ahead of his time there.
Thank you and God bless you. Love you Bill. |
| Name: | Graham Block |
| E-mail address: | martigra01@tiscali.co.uk |
| Comments: | I got to this great site via Wikipedia after listening again today to my overlooked "Key to the Highway" CD I bought several years ago. Such sweet/awesome music. Long live the Blues! |
| Name: | John Purser |
| E-mail address: | jmpurser@yahoo.com |
| Comments: | Thanks for the Big Bill Broonzy page. I was listening to his music tonight, googled his name and found you. Interesting reading. |
| Name: | Mario Aguirre |
| E-mail address: | marioaguirre@b6maguirre.com |
| Homepage URL: | http://www.thebluesworkshop.biz |
| Comments: | Hi, Ian! This is your friend from Argentina.
First, thanks for all your support to me and my music. Second, I have a very good new: I'm making a micro radio program for the Web, and the first Chapter is about Big Bill Broonzy. If you like, I could make a lin for your page www.broonzy.com , for all English speaken fans. If you authorize me, I could translate some paragraphs to Spanish. My Prog: www.thebluesworkshop.biz Thanks for all |
| Name: | Chris Albertson |
| E-mail address: | bessiesmith@mac.com |
| Homepage URL: | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Albertson |
| Comments: | Just came across your site while researching Big Bill Broonzy. A fine site, it reflects what is obviously a genuine admiration for a great artist. |
| Name: | Robert Johnson |
| E-mail address: | rjohns1414@yahoo.com |
| Homepage URL: | http://www.myspace.com/robtjohnson |
| Comments: | Hey Hey! What a great tribute to Big Bill; you got the key! |
| Name: | Michael van Isveldt |
| E-mail address: | michael@cosmictheater.nl |
| Comments: | My compliments for your website, but I have to say I'm quite surprised that there is nothing in it about me or my mother.
Being the son of Big Bill that feels like a slap in the face. I hope you understand. greetings, Michael van Isveldt Amsterdam, Holland |
| Name: | christine harrold/rubergkeys |
| E-mail address: | ckeys@talktalk.net |
| Comments: | Had a brief look through & its good somebody is put out a Blues website. I Love the Blues. |
| Name: | Rick |
| E-mail address: | r_m_h_l@hotmail.com |
| Comments: | Key to the Highway! It ranks up there with Stairway to Heaven or Hotel California. Really. What a great song, but only one among others in Big Bill's incredible repertoire. By the way, you just gave me the answer to a question I've asking for years ; It's a Gibson Style O. Thanks for putting up this website. Great work! |
| Name: | Joanthan Stewart |
| E-mail address: | jonathan_stewart@yahoo.com |
| Comments: | Thanks for posting this mini biography. Big Bill is awesome! What an incredible performer. Unlike a lot of performers of the early days, Big Bill would still be the best, even compared to today's players. |
| Name: | Daryl Donohe |
| E-mail address: | daryl@donohoeassociates.co.uk |
| Comments: | My father remembers watching Bill Broonzy playing Liverpool in the fifties and remembers a big man entering the room with a corn whisky jar sitting down on a normal chair just him and his guitar an delivering an awesome performance.
At the time my dad had kept company with a lot of jazz musicians so blues was nor readily available in Liverpool |
| Name: | sundae schor |
| E-mail address: | sundaeschor@hotmail.com |
| Homepage URL: | http://www.sundaeschorartist.com/ |
| Comments: | Hey Ian,
It was great meeting you today at the blues jam at the Freakin' Frog! I looked up the Broonzy site, and of course I recognized it immediately! I've been there many times! I have been working on a series of paintings of legendary blues artists and Big Bill is right on top of my list (I'm working on one now...of young Broonzy and have one in my mind of an older version). I'll let you know when I finish the one I'm working on. I didn't ask, do you live in Vegas? Talk to you later, Sundae |
| Name: | Julien Porcher |
| E-mail address: | landrieve.porcher@wanadoo.fr |
| Comments: | Hello,
First of all thanks for the site I have just discovered. Good to know that people care of such artist as Big Bill Broonzy. I love his guitar playing and look to learn from his songs. I look for the tablatures of The Glory of Love and Bill Bayley. For The Glory of Love I found some tabatures on the web but they do not correspond to the smithonian recording. Can you help me ? Best regards. |
| Name: | Bojan |
| E-mail address: | extremelife25@yahoo.com |
| Comments: | I am a young blues lisener, but I like a Big Bill's music and is great that some body make site like this, with this theme.
Wishes from hot Belgrade, Serbia |
| Name: | ches cherry |
| E-mail address: | ches@talktalk.net |
| Homepage URL: | http://www.rollingrootsrevue.moonfruit.com |
| Comments: | just to let you know of a brand new site www.rollingrootsrevue.moonfruit.com where you'll find interviews with people who met big bill plus a host of clips, pics & video concerning roots music.
regards |
| Name: | Mario Aguirre |
| E-mail address: | marioaguirre@b6maguirre.com |
| Homepage URL: | http://www.b6maguirre.com |
| Comments: | Hello Ian!
Here I am again (your friend from Buenos Aires). I've made a link from my page, www.thebluesworkshop.biz to yours (broonzy.com). As I also have a web radio program (a micro one -10 minutes-, not so extended as BITS) about the Blues and it stories, in one emision I spoke about Big Bill. In the Blues Workshop, I recommend your site. Please check it: I send your username: class , and your password: a1863 . I'd like to copy the Big Bill photo you have in the homepage (could it be possible?). Thanks for all. In the begining of August, my album will be ready ( "enfin!!!!!"), and I could be able to send the copy I promised you). |
| Name: | Ant Basterfield |
| E-mail address: | mikey4lock@lineone.net |
| Comments: | Big Bill Has long been a hero of mine since the early 60's And Am still trying to master that beaut way of playing that was his an his only
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| Name: | related |
| Comments: | i found out i am related to him, thought that was pretty cool. |
| Name: | martin |
| E-mail address: | martin@inbox.tk |
| Homepage URL: | http://www.ringtones-collection.com |
| Comments: | Good site, good idea, but, in my humble opinion, you need change design... |
| Name: | Richard Anderson |
| E-mail address: | Surrealra@aol.com |
| Comments: | GREAT to see a site devoted to such incredible talent.
I was disapointed in one respect. I have been trying to find a CD of the GREAT album - "Big Bill Broonzy, FEELIN' LOW DOWN" Best selection of classics and rags I've found. Part of the old 'Black Blues' Series, 1973, GNP Crescendo Record Co. Richard |
| Name: | Eastside Eddie |
| E-mail address: | eastsideddie@yahoo.com |
| Comments: | Big Bill grabed my soul! First heard Good Liquor by Guy Davis then bought Young Bill Broonzy 1928. The CD kicked my ass! |
| Name: | Rob Rodway |
| E-mail address: | rob.rodway@ntlworld.com |
| Comments: | Ahead of his time. |
| Name: | Richard Southern |
| E-mail address: | Teraplane5@aol.com |
| Comments: | Ian,
Thanks for the homage to Big Bill--a favorite of mine for over forty years. The concert with Pete Seeger was my intro to Big Bill and I continue to listen to him. Richard |
| Name: | Richard Perry |
| E-mail address: | caatlatl@sbcglobal.net |
| Comments: | What a great web site? I was just listening Big Bill on a cable Television music channel in Sacramento, and thought to look up Bill on the "Net. I found your site, what great score.
Keep it going dude, Richard Perry |
| Name: | jordan james |
| Comments: | its great what you have here. i enjoyed the clips since ive been having trouble finding broonzy's music anywhere. good looks and keep the spirit alive by just doin what you do. |
| Name: | Rex Strother |
| E-mail address: | rex@bellsisters.com |
| Homepage URL: | http://www.bellsisters.com |
| Comments: | I don't know how you'd contact the Broonzy estate, but it seems he has royalties due to him via Sound Exchange (which tracks digital radio play). His estate is in danger of losing 5 years of royalties if they do not sign up (it's free) with www.soundexchange.com
Hope somebody can help; he deserves his money! |
| Name: | alan fryer |
| E-mail address: | alandfryer@aol.com |
| Comments: | you kept this one rather quiet not like you Ian |
| Name: | Jim Lawson |
| E-mail address: | laws7923@bellsouth.net |
| Homepage URL: | http://lawsonridge.com |
| Comments: | Great Job. Keep up the good work.
Love the Mississippi blues. I grew up one county south of Scott County Miss. which was Smith County |
| Name: | Brian Purdie |
| E-mail address: | brian.purdie@gtinternet.co.uk |
| Comments: | the blues says it for me |