Chris Vincent nominated as New Orleans' Best New Blues Artist 1999.
Offbeat, New Orleans' and Louisiana's Music Magazine, has honored solo 
bluesman Chris Vincent with a nomination for its coveted 
"Best of the Beat--Best New Blues Artist" award for 1999.
The nomination is based on New Orleans' music fans response to Chris 
Vincent as well as the continuing success of his debut CD, Long Blue Night.
Haven't heard Chris Vincent's music yet?  We cordially invite you to come 
on down and pass a good time at  Chris 
Vincent : Long Blue Night
 

Anybody  knowing web-sites or people to get me in contact with
amateur blues bands who might need a just started guitar player who loves the blues  .. ? Please  emailme. 

  AD VANDENBOOGAARD (Sydney only)

Blue Tongue Records have establishing their web presence at http://www.ozemail.com.au/~bluetonguemusic They will soon display information about their artists and the reported new Chickenhead album.

Blues Foundation
Lifetime Achievement Awards Set For Oct. 18
It's gonna be an all-out sister showdown at the Blues Foundation Lifetime Achievement Awards at the House of Blues in Los Angeles on Oct. 18.

More Australian Artists 
Due to the overwhelming response from presenters about the Australian artists we have had on previous compilation albums ReignStorm Inc. is now actively searching for more Australian artists who desire international airplay.  Currently we have a demand for Pop, Rock, and Country genres.  ALL genres of Australian music are needed, either currently or in the near future. These may be solo artists or bands.  If you think you have material that is ready for a global audience please email for review information; including name, contact info, genre,
location, and a brief description of your group and goals.  Record
labels are encouraged to contact us about their rosters.
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Pam Violet-Nixon of   ReignStorm Inc. at  ocma@main-net.com

 

THE BROWN BROTHERS A South Austalian blues phenomena



Melbourne Blues Appreciation Society (Victoria)

Affiliated with the Memphis Blues Foundation  PO Box 1249 St. Kilda South, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 3182   E-mail

South Australian Blues Society  (SABS)
 
 
 

5th Annual Australian Blues Music Awards
Winners for 1998 are:

.  Best New Female Artist	Kerri Sweeney
. Best New Male Artist	Matt Corcoran
. Best New Band	Papa Lips
Best Harmonica	Kenny Sutherland
. Best Guitar	Jeff Lang
. Hall Of Fame	Dutch Tilders
Song Of The Year	Throw It All Jeff Lang
Album Of The Year  .	Cedar Grove  Jeff Lang
. Band Of The Year	Bondi Cigars
Female Artist Of The Year	Michelle Van Der Meer
. Male Artist Of The Year	Ray Beadle
. Congratulations to all the  winners .

Your great blues site have been awarded with Greppet´s top 10 blues award because all the hard work you do to get the blues out onto the Web. 
FleurCom is proud to accept this award, presented by Pelle Lindberg on 19 Dec 1998 to "G'day Blue". Thank you very much indeed.
 
 




FleurCom is proud to accept this award, presented October 1998 to "Fleurieu On Web" for the valuable contribution in making the WWW a better place to visit. Many thanks to the Judging Panel of the South 
Australian Superb Websites Ring.
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"Many congratulations :)  Our panel of judges has given your website "G'day Blue" a special Suite101 Award for being in our Top Five Blues Websites.

Note: We dont give these away without considerable thought so that we can maintain our high standards. We invite you to wear it on your site with pride." (27Oct 98)
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."Congratulaions ! Your site "G'day Blue"  has impressed us, and  therefore you have  been chosen to receive awards for
5 star commitment to:  Australian and International blues,  from Mr Blues Online Haven"  (12 July 1998)
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"CONGRATULATIONS !
After being nominated and reviewed, your site has been  selected to receive the Music TOP10 Sites Award 98 which is granted only to selected sites."   (21 Aug 98)
 
 


A Recent Merger

The Web Ring Owner has requested that the Ring Masters and Mistresses let their members know of a merger that has taken place between the Web Rings of the Internet and Geocities, an online community. 
 
 



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B4K
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Once again the South Australian Blues Society have their own website

ABS reports Net Access from homes is rising (Sept 98) More than one million Australian households access the Internet from home, according to a trend identified in a recent report by the Australian Bureau of Statistics.Internet access by households increased by 14% between Feb and May this year when 971,000 households has access to the Internet. The bulk of the increase occurred in homes who already had computers.

However, Australia's largest Internet access company Ozemail reports the increase in dial-up subscriptions by home users is being quickly surpassed by permanenetly connected business customers. Ozemail has 203,000 subscribers followed by Telstra's Big Pond service with 200,000.

Work was the most frequent point of access for adults, over 18,  at 1.5 million followed by home access at 1.4 million. Other places such as schools, universities and Internet cafes accounted for a total of 1.9 million persons.

Kids, do you have the blues  (music)
 
 

The Red Hot Jazz Archive - History of Jazz up to 1930. 

All Music Guide -  Excellent blues section includes biographies, album reviews and artist discography's.

Blues World - Lots of blues links focusing on the serious blues collector

The Blue Highway - If it's blues related  you'll find it here. Links to artist sites, blues labels, blues radio and more

The Blues Experience - The best blues broadcasts on the net

Official Muddy Waters