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As I mentioned in my previous Delta Blues Book Giveaway post last week, I wanted to give some of my readers outside North America a chance to win something as well. So I’m offering one Amazon gift certificate valued at $50.00 dollars U.S. The winner will be able to use this for many of the terrific items on the Amazon website. This gift certificate is available for my readers in the United States, France, Germany, UK, Japan, Canada and China. When the winner is drawn and confirmed, I will send the certificate by email… Not a major prize here, just a way of saying thanks for being there and stopping by The Blues Blogger’s home on the net. And for celebrating my 2nd Anniversary this month!

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Deadline

The random prize draw will end November 4th 2009 at 11:00 pm eastern standard time in the U.S. The winner will have 24 hours to respond or a new entry will be drawn… Of course it wouldn’t be the same if I didn’t end a blues blogger post with a song. Here’s one to get you rockin’

Have Fun and Good Luck,

The Blues Blogger

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This past weekend TheBluesBlogger family visited our friends in the country. The last time we were there, I ended up in the hospital as a result of a dirt bike accident. A few days later feeling sore and foolish, I decided to pick 10 random songs that came to mind on Blip.fm. I also included updates to how I was feeling on Twitter with links to those songs. I then generated a post called Twittering the Blues: 10 Music Blips… This time around I’m happy to report I got through the evenings visit unscathed. But I did leave feeling the need to do a sequel.

Earlier that week I got back from my father/son summer road trip. It’s been a while since my son and I had the opportunity for just the two of us to hang out. During our trip we got to enjoy some swimming, water slides, baseball, and some miniature golf; all the fun stuff that goes along with summer. And along the way we listened to a lot of tunes…

My son is 13, and like his dad loves music. So for this post, I thought we’d both pick some of our favorite songs from the trip. Of course they also had to be available on Blip.fm… So below is the selection of songs old and new that we collectively agreed on. There was one in particular my son insisted be on the list. Can you guess which one? These music blips highlight the time we spent getting to our destinations in the car. I always did enjoy a good tune while traveling down the highway.

Blues Blip 1 of 10: Here we go everyone. Let’s start this trip off with – Albert Collins – Travellin’ South

Blues Blip 2 of 10: Always loved that feeling when summer holidays began – The Derek Trucks Band – Already free

Blues Blip 3 of 10: One of my favorites. And currently on tour – Johnny Winter – Life Is Hard

Blues Blip 4 of 10: My son loves the blues. Here’s one of his favorites – Jonny Lang – A Quitter Never Wins

Blues Blip 5 of 10: Hmmm… An interesting choice. Who u think picked this one? – Steely Dan – Chain Lightning

Blues Blip 6 of 10: Time to get up and head to the next town – Ray Charles – Hit the Road Jack

Blues Blip 7 of 10: Now this goes back. Beck still sounds as good as ever – Jeff Beck Group – Definitely Maybe

Blues Blip 8 of 10: Remembering the legends – Stevie Ray Vaughan – Little Wing

Blues Blip 9 of 10: This one gets you grooving – Joe Louis Walker – Blues of the Month Club

Blues Blip 10 of 10: Goodnight all. Hope you enjoyed the tunes. Have a great week! – Albert King – Call It Stormy Monday

Evening time was quiet and I got the opportunity to finish a writing project I was working on. In addition I completed the revised Junior Wells piece you see below. Most of all I spent some great bonding time with my son. All around it was a good break. Mondays come around all too fast in the summer time it seems… So how about you? How’s your summer been so far?

TheBluesBlogger

Tags: Blues Reflections, Reflections, Twitter by The Blues Blogger
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Ten Random Music Blips

Many of the posts you read on this blog have me venturing out to the country and engaging on a hike with my dog Lucille. Well, the past weekend Lucille stayed home and I took the family dirt biking instead. It was certainly a different experience for us.

Unfortunately, I guess I’m not as familiar with the word clutch as I thought and lost control of the bike. One thing for sure, I realized dirt biking was not my scene. Later that night, battered and bruised my wife gave the following Twitter update:

DIRT BIKE ACCIDENT: @TheBluesBlogger sustains injury. He is fine… However, the shed will never be the same. More to follow. ~TBBW

Not wanting to concern anyone, I sent the following tweets the next day:

Yesterday my doctor gave me some good advice when she said, “You should really stick to hiking.”

“I feel very fortunate… Thankfully, the barbecue & lawn mower cushioned my blow on the way into the steel shed.”

As a result of my accident, there won’t be an @TheBluesBlogger post this weekend. However, I will be doing some random blips shortly.

It’s unusual for me not to bring you a post each and every weekend. I felt bad and was a little bummed Sunday night. So I went on Twitter and came up with ten music blips that randomly came to mind at the time… So, while my writing skills are a little off at the moment, I thought for those that are either not on Twitter, didn’t see my sidebar updates, or just missed it, I’ve decided to publish this post… I’ve also added two additional videos to further enhance the piece.

You can click on each highlighted blip to hear that individual song… Enjoy.

Blip 1 of 10: Let’s get this BlipFest started with The Allman Brothers Band “Whipping Post.” ♫

Blip 2 of 10: If you’re feeling funky… Billy Preston – “It´s Alright Ma (I´m Only Bleeding)” ♫

Blip 3 of 10: Pretty hard to feel down when you’re listening to Electric Flag “Killing Floor.” ♫

Blip 4 of 10: Some medicine for the soul. Gary Moore “Hard Times.” ♫

Blip 5 of 10: With music like this, I’ll be up & running laps in no time. Joe Bonamassa “Blues Deluxe.” ♫

Blip 6 of 10: Recovering from this weekend’s dirt bike accident. So you’re “Damn Right I’ve Got the Blues.” ♫

Blip 7 of 10: Now that the meds have kicked in, here’s a wild choice… Jimi Hendrix “If 6 Was 9.” ♫

Blip 8 of 10: Susan Tedeschi is a fantastic artist. Her song “Learning the Hard Way” comes to mind. ♫

Blip 9 of 10: One more to go. Hope u liked the selections… Here’s Junior playing “Hoodoo Man Blues.” ♫

Blip 10 of 10: That’s it for me. Nite everyone. Here’s Luther taking it back to “Sweet Home Chicago.” ♫

Thanks to all who sent their messages my way. I truly appreciate your concern in regards to this most ridiculous scenario…. I’m sore, but will be up and around very soon.

TheBluesBlogger

Tags: 1969, Blues Reflections, Reflections, The Seventies, The Sixties, Twitter by The Blues Blogger
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