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Curt Brown - Blues Blogger

Curt Brown is the publisher of the weekly Curt's Blues Blog that can be found at https://curtsblues.com/

Brown has been a blues fan and scholar for the majority of his lifetime. Due to his home always having been in close proximity to Chicago, Brown has spent innumerable nights in the city’s famed blues bars and clubs. He also has been able to see many of the blues’ greats that have played shows at various venues in his north central Indiana, USA hometown area, in venues both big and small in size. Brown has been thrilled to be able to meet and speak with a great many of the legendary blues musicians he so admires. Starting when he wrote a weekly column on the blues for his university newspaper during his undergraduate years, Brown's desire to research and promote the blues has only grown over time. For many years, Brown hosted a highly successful late-night weekly blues radio show on WSND-FM 88.9, with each show being thematically based upon a certain blues artist, style, region, or instrument. Brown's master’s degree thesis written for degree confirmation from Indiana University dealt with the notion of travel in blues lyrics. Brown has been interviewed about the blues for the local newspaper’s entertainment section. He has had blues work published in both domestic and international publications. Brown regularly writes blues CD reviews for the Chicago Blues Guide. His blues recording collection totals thousands of individual titles. He has also amassed a sizeable assortment of blues show posters and handbills, photos, blues artist autographs, along with other related items. Brown also has a large library of blues-related books authored by the genre’s best researchers and has been a subscriber to Living Blues magazine for 35 years.

Brown lives in north central Indiana, USA, roughly 95 miles east of Chicago.