Blues News Bites (Smoke Wagon, Podcasts, X-Mas)

Local

• Lee Harvey Osmond is #3 in No Depression Magazine's best of 2009
• Melissa McClelland in Galaxie Folk Roots Top 40 Canadian Spins of 2009
• Tom Wilson is CHCanada.com's Creator of the Year
• Tapestry Bistro will be shut down as of January 2010

Canada

• Newfoundland Bluegrass legend Rex Yetman passes
• Neil Young and Burton Cummings awarded Order of Canada

 World

• Nothing But the Blues podcast #68
• Roadhouse Podcast #254
• Janis Joplin guitarist James Gurley passes 
• John Lennon's Walk of Fame Star Disappears
• New Book on Texas Blues 
• What Makes a Good Blues Name 
• Tim Hart of Steeleye Span passes 

Videos



Links: Smoke Wagon Blues Band, More Smoke Wagon Blues Band Stories

John Lee Hooker: Blues for Christmas video



Hilarious music videos set to Charlie Brown cartoons