Dallas/Fort Worth MEDIA & BLUES CONTACTS

Last Update 6/18/12

Information Sources

The DFW Blues Society is a new blues organization in North Texas. http://www.dfwbluessociety.org/

Several local publications have music listings, including blues. Both the Dallas Morning News and Fort Worth Star Telegram include weekend listings in their Friday editions. The Dallas Observer is a weekly entertainment newspaper in Dallas that includes concert listings and, rarely, feature stories on blues artists. The Fort Worth Weekly is a similar paper in Fort Worth. Buddy Magazine is another monthly music magazine and has extensive club listings for the entire month and occasional feature stories on local and regional blues artists. (E-mail Buddy Magazine ) Buddy, Fort Worth Weekly, and the Dallas Observer are available free at many local clubs, music, and book stores. Most of their websites contain archives of past music articles.

Blues Music Award winner Craig Hopkins, founder of the Stevie Ray Vaughan Fan Club, is based in Dallas and can provide info on Stevie's (and Jimmie's) Dallas roots. SRV Fan Club, P.O. Box 2019, Cedar Hill, TX 75106-2019.
SRV fan club web page

Sumter Bruton, who operates Record Town in Fort Worth, is THE expert on the history and present happenings on the Fort Worth Blues scene. phone: (817) 926-1331.

The Blue Shoe Project is a new group dedicated to forming a Blues in the Schools curriculum. http://blueshoeproject.org/

http://www.texasbluesroadhouse.com/ is a blues social networking site set up to cover the North Texas blues scene. Fans, musicians, club owners, and everyone are welcome to stop by and chat or create a profile for networking.

Amazingly, the state of Texas has a WONDERFUL office, The Texas Music Office, that supports all kinds of Texas music, including blues. Their friendly staff can answer almost any Texas music question. ATTENTION TEXAS BLUES BANDS. The Texas Music Office offers a FREE Indie Band Packet including lists of clubs, radio, record stores, record distributors, CD manufacturing, managers, music press, music industry books and periodicals, info on copyrights, trademarks, music business, plus a Texas Music Events calendar. Phone 512-463-6666. http://governor.state.tx.us/music/

Another great place to find information on DFW blues is your local LIBRARY! Not only do they have music books and magazines but they also often have CDs, LPs, videos, and other treasures. Your friendly local librarian would love to help you learn about DFW blues.

Blues on TV!

Da Blues is a locally produced blues TV show hosted by former KKDA DJ, Da Wolf. It airs every Sunday morning at 3:30 am on Channel 21, KTXA TV. They feature both local and national artists. For the last several years the show has been recycling old episodes and commercial videos with no new filming.

Other DFW blues web sites

Jeff Horton's DFW blues photo site http://www.bluesviews.com/

Freddie King's daughter Wanda King maintains a website in honor of her father http://freddiekingsite.com/