Bruce Bastin

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Bruce Bastin (born September 19, 1939 in Chelmsford , England ) is the leading expert when it comes to the blues styles and interpreters of the east coast of the United States (" Piedmont Blues ").

He holds a degree in Folklore from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and is the author of the standard works Crying for the Carolines and Red River Blues: The Blues Tradition in the Southeast .

Bruce Bastin is also the owner and managing director of Interstate Music, Ltd., West Sussex , England , with the record labels

  • Country Routes
  • Flyright
  • Harlequin
  • Heritage
  • Krazy cat
  • Magpie
  • Travelin 'man.

Bibliography (selection)

  • Bastin, Bruce: Crying for the Carolines.- London (Studio Vista) 1971
  • Bastin, Bruce: Red River Blues - The Blues Tradition in the Southeast.- Chicago (University of Illinois Press) 1986
  • Bastin, Bruce: Truckin 'My Blues Away - East Coast Piedmont Styles.- in: Cohn, Lawrence: Nothing But The Blues - The Music and the Musicians.- New York, London, Paris (Abbeville Press) 1993, p. 205-231

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SURNAME Bastin, Bruce
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British blues researcher
DATE OF BIRTH September 19, 1939
PLACE OF BIRTH Chelmsford , England