Rick Carlton's

Chicago, Helena & Memphis Blues Page

This page is simply my favorite Blues links for anybody who wonders what the Blues are all about. Chicago is my hometown and although I've lived in western Ohio, San Francisco, and the Arkansas delta, I never missed the blues because there was always Detroit, Cleveland, Oakland, Memphis, or Helena close by. What I do miss is hot pizza and cold weather although Memphis barbeque goes a long way toward getting over the food thing.

So ... this page has lots of Blues to listen to, music links, a site where you can order real Chicago deep dish pizza (or download the receipe and bake it yourself), and just for me when I'm really homesick; 5 live cameras online from the loop (updated every 5 minutes by WGN) so I can see when it's snowing. So take a listen to the blues....it's the real thing!

Click On My Blues Buttons

Blues

To Hear The Real Thing!


Sweet Home Chicago.

Click here to see live views from the Loop (updated every 4 min. by WGN)

Blues

Blues & Pizza: What Else Could Your Heart Desire?

Chicago Blues Festival

Scottyboy's Chicago Blues (sound clips)

WCBR Radio Blues X-plosion

Bull Cow Moanin' at Midnight: A Tribute to Howlin' Wolf

Howlin' Wolf

Willie Dixon

Blues

Chicago Pizza Connection (Overnight Delivery or Download the Receipe & Bake It Yourself!)

[Order Giordano's or Lou Malnati's, but only because they don't have Edwardo's]

Giordano's Pizza

Lou Malnati's Pizzeria

 If you enjoy the blues, join

Willie Dixon's Blues Heaven Foundation

2120 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago, IL

(in the old Chess Records studio a couple blocks from the new entrance to McCormick Place)

Members Include Bill Wyman, George Thorogood, Bonnie Raitt, Dan Aykroyd, & John Mellencamp

Click Here


Arkansas Delta Blues.

Home Sweet Home

Pass the Biscuits, It's King Biscuit Time on KFFA, Helena, Arkansas.

(listen to more than 1 1/2 hours of Blues via web radio)

The King Biscuit Blues Festival in Helena

Blues

Craighead Forest Blues Festival (Jonesboro) Our Hometown Blues Fest

In Memory Of LUTHER ALLISON (Widener, Arkansas)

Luther Allison@The Rosebud Agency

Luther Allison

Luther Allison Historical Tour (sound clip)

In Memory Of JUNIOR WELLS (West Memphis, Arkansas)

Blues

Junior Wells

Junior Wells

ROOSEVELT SYKES (Elmar, Arkansas)

Roosevelt Sykes Historical Tour (sound clip)

ALBERT KING (Osceola, Arkansas)

Albert King

Albert King at Strings and Things in Memphis

 If you enjoy the blues, join

The Sonny Boy Blues Society

Box 237, Helena, AR 72342

501-338-3501

Click Here


Beale Street in Memphis.

It's not hard to ignore Elvis in Memphis, just keep your mind on the Blues & BBQ!

Memphis Blues Tour

The Beale Street Home Page

Sun Studios' Memphis Music (sound clips)

Memphis Slim

Memphis Slim Historical Tour (sound clip)

Piano Red Historical Tour (sound clip)

Koko Taylor Historical Tour (sound clip)

Blues

 If you enjoy the blues, join

The Center for Southern Folklore

209 Beale Street, Memphis, TN

(across the street from the WC Handy Statue)

Dedicated to defend and protecct the music, culture, arts, and rhythms of the South.

1-901-525-3655 or 1-901-525-3656 to hear weekly performance schedule

Click Here


California Blues.

Brownie & Sonny were special friends.

Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry

Blues


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Blues Button sound clips courtesy of Scottyboy's Blues Page & Ben's Blues Brothers Sound Clips Check them out, they've done a great job!

Updated on 1-2-99. If you have comments, suggestions, or complaints, email rcarlton@arkansas.net