soul blues
- The Blacktop Blues Society - (Tehama Co., CA) Website features regional information concerning blues events, artists and musicians. soul blues
- Blues Bank Collective - (New England) Information on blues festivals, education, multicultural studies, links, recordings. soul
- Blues In The Schools - A fundraising non-profit organization which brings blues history and education to the schools. The website features a president's message, officers' information and a mailing subscriber.
- The Blues, Jazz & Folk Music Society - (Marietta OH) Mid-Ohio Valley site offers information on festival, competition, events and artists. soul
- Blues Live - (Finland) Blues festival information and line-up history.
- Blues Lovers United of San Diego - (San Diego, CA) Site offers an online store, newsletter, photos and press information.
- Blues Society of Austin - (Austin, TX) Non-profit organization. Website features band listings, calendar, links, business information.
- Blues Society of the Lower Cape Fear - Non-profit organization. Website contains links, jam information, blues challenge, festival, and special events information. Located in Wilmington, North Carolina, United States. soul blues
- Blues Society of the Ozarks - (Springfield, Missouri) Non-profit organization website features coming events, cd & gig reviews, a photo album, club and band links, and radio schedules. soul blues
- Blues Society of Western NY - (NY) Website offers general information concerning local blues events
- Blues Society of Western Pennsylvania PA - (Pittsburgh, PA) Regional website that features and events calendar, blues chat, music reviews, links and online store. soul
Soul blues is a style of blues music developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s that combines elements of soul music and urban contemporary music. Singers and musicians who grew up listening traditional electric blues (Muddy Waters, Jimmy Reed, Elmore James etc.), soul singers (such as Sam Cooke, Ray Charles and Otis Redding) and Gospel music wanted to bridge their favorite music together. One of the pioneers of this style was Bobby Bland and the song "The Thrill Is Gone" by BB King was a hint for future trends in this subgenre. Additional musicians in this style include ZZ Hill, Otis Clay, Latimore, Little Milton, Johnny Adams, Solomon Burke, Wilson Pickett, Bobby Rush and Johnnie Taylor. Soul blues saw its popularity rise in 1980s Bobby Bland continues with this style. This is a sub-genre within the blues genre which is very popular with African American audiences but less known by white audiences.
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