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                                        IN THIS MAGAZINE



          FEATURED FESTIVALS ..... 6-46                         Technology Bytes
          Downunder Blues by GreyRose  ..................... 48  by John “Blueshammer” Hammer ......................... 72

          100 Years and muddy Waters Still Run Deep             Thriving Subculture… The Chitlin’ Circuit
          by BFG, Ted Drozdowski, the Morganfi eld Family ...52  by Preston Lauterbach  .........................................74

          Blues Busking OmB by William J. Toll ..............58  KBA Blues Festivals of The Year
                                                                by Lloyd Peterson & Pierre-Alexandre Legault  .........80
          Blues Radio compiled by Irene Weaver ...........62
          LRBC: We Are Family… Blues Cruisers United            Plan Your Blues Festival Calendar
                                                                compiled by Florencia Mariona-Raynor  ..........82 - 88
          by James “Fuzzhead” Jones & Wendy Schumer ......64
                                                                Blues Societies – Join One!
          What’s Cookin’ by Larry Garner...................... 68  compiled by Tracey Heyman  ........................90 - 95




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