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Bruce Bastin






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Bruce Bastin (born 19 September 1939, died 16 June 2024) was an English folklorist and a leading expert on the blues music styles of the southeastern states of America (East Coast Blues and Piedmont Blues).[1] In 2022, his publication Red River Blues: The Blues Tradition in the Southeast was inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame, as a 'Classic of Blues Literature'.[2]

He was responsible for research (done initially with folklorist Peter B. Lowry) over the decades.[3]

Early life and career[edit]

Bastin was born in Chelmsford, Essex, England. A former secondary school geography teacher, he holds a master's degree in Folklore from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and is the author of two books on the Piedmont blues, Crying for the Carolines and Red River Blues: The Blues Tradition in the Southeast, as well as a biography of music publisher Joe Davis, Never Sell a Copyright.[4] He has written articles for music journals and books over the decades, plus liner note essays on the Southeastern blues style.

Bruce Bastin is also the managing director of Interstate Music, Ltd., West Sussex, England, with its labels:

He has produced and/or programmed albums for them in many musical genres, generally re-issue in nature.[5]

Publications[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "UCSB Library". Library.ucsb.edu. Archived from the original on 2 December 2008. Retrieved 18 November 2016.
  • ^ "BLUES HALL OF FAME - About/Inductions". Blues.org. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
  • ^ Continuum encyclopedia of popular music of the world. Shepherd, John, 1947-. London. ISBN 0826463223. OCLC 50235133.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  • ^ "Bruce Bastin Collection, 1899-2001". Finding-aids.lib.unc.edu. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
  • ^ "Interstate Home Page". Interstate-music.co.uk. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
  • ^ Bastin, Bruce (11 October 1995). Red River Blues: The Blues Tradition in the Southeast. University of Illinois Press. ISBN 978-0-252-06521-7. Retrieved 11 October 2018. Lowry.
  • ^ Blind Boy Fulle. Alfred Music Publishing. 11 October 2018. ISBN 978-0-7390-4331-8. Retrieved 11 October 2018.
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