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Eli*s Blues
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Eli's Blues - Eli "Dr. Blues" Marcus



Tel Aviv
Israel

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Last Login:  11/16/2009
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Member Since3/23/2007
Band Websitewww.EliMarcus.com
Band MembersEli Marcus
InfluencesRev Gary Davis
Blind Blake
Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee
David Wilcox (the Canadian one)
Lenny Breau
Muddy Waters
Ramblin' Jack Elliott
Jelly Roll Morton
Sounds Likeme!!!!
Record LabelBluesman Productions


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...One night in a dark and empty room in downtown Toronto, just past midnight, my buddy, Canadian Blues and Jazz artist Champagne Charlie was teaching me some of my first Ragtime guitar licks...I guess that's when I got serious about the Blues... or maybe it was the Blind Blake LP that I found standing alone on a record stand in a store on Harvard Avenue in Boston when I was 15 years old - for only 59 cents... Whatever the reasons, I have been devoted to singing and studying the Blues for more than half my life.

Early on, I felt that my mission in life is to help perpetuate the Blues, to help others understand the beauty that is in the Blues, and to keep it alive. Over the years I have worked at promoting my musician friends in any way I can. I ran the Fingerboard coffee-house and open stage in Toronto in the late 1970's, as well as organizing a number of small Blues and Jazz concerts to help expose my musical friends to the University of Toronto audiences (while completing my BSc. degree). I also spent a few years as a freelance photographer and writer, covering some of my favortie artists for local newspapers or magazines, including rare interviews with artists who normally refused to be in the press.

In 1981 I emigrated to Israel and in the late 1980's I became involved in Israeli radio, recording a 13 part series on the history and the variety of the Blues for Army Radio (Galei Zahal) which was broadcast twice over a period of 2 years. In the 1990's I helped build the roster of artists at the Haifa Blues festival of 1993 ( as well as performing on stage with guest artist Steve Freund).
From 1995-2000 I helped the Camelot Club in Tel Aviv create a monthly series of guest Blues artists from the USA and wrote a monthly column (in Hebrew) on the Blues which was published in the Camelot music magazine over a 4 year period - I wrote over 40 articles in all.
In 1996 I introduced the Blues to the International Guitar Festival in Tel Aviv (which previously focused only on Classical guitar and Flamenco music and dance), organizing special multi-artist programs and performing on stage at the festival (1996, 1999, 2001).

Since 1997, I have also been involved in the Blues For Peace organization, helping my good friend John Mayer with different projects to promote more awareness of the Blues in Israel and worlwide.

In the fall of 2002 I renewed my radio activity with a monthly Blues show on public national Radio 88FM and a weekly Blues show on internet "Radio Ba Am". I continue to broadcast at Radio 88FM to this day (see Eli's Blues Radio).

In the summer of 2003 I created the SummerBlues Festival at the Givatayim Theater, and was the Artistic Director for 2003 and 2004. At the SummerBlues Festival, I gathered together local Israeli Blues and rock artists for a 3 day festival, as well as one or two guests from the USA, and it has been a real success by local standards, and has just completed its fourth annual run.

In September, 2005, I completed two and a half years of collecting and editing stories from Blues people around the world,
In January, 2006 I published my first book - Touched by the Blues.

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Orit Ezrach

Orit Ezrach



Nov 7 2009 5:52 PM

הי
אני נאלצת לדחות את ההופעה
מחר בשבלול 8/11/09 
{חולה
איתך הסליחה
אורית אזרח
Orit Ezrach

Orit Ezrach



Nov 2 2009 7:48 AM


 הי אלי, יום ראשון הקרוב, מופע+4 נגנים אשמח אם תבוא





Orit Ezrach

Orit Ezrach



Oct 14 2009 12:00 PM

הי תבוא





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Sep 23 2009 5:24 PM


Thanks! Welcome To My Rhythm World!
Come download New Album “Afro Brazilian Explosion”!
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M. J.

M. J.
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Sep 1 2009 4:05 PM

Dr. Blues,
  Thank you kindly for the add.  I really enjoy your music.  However, this creates a dilemma for me.  If I am deriving pleasure from you having the blues, doesn't that make me an awful individual, especially during Elul?  It makes me miserable just thinking about it.  There, that's better. 

  Seriously (if that's possible for me), I'd love to hear you do some Animals (Arik Bar-Dan?), maybe It's My Life, We Gotta Get Out of This Place, or Bring it on Home (I know many others did it comparably).  Sorry to ramble . . . I'm just a sole who's intentions are good, . . .

  M.J.

P.S. Dr., for this consult, do you accept Blues Cross/Blues Shield?
Roots Connection

Roots Connection



Jun 22 2009 11:09 AM

Hi Eli*s Blues
WE ARE NOW ONLINE WITH OURS CDS.
THIS IS THE SIGNAL THAT THE LIFE GOES ON.
WE WANT TO GO ON...

AND SO IN THE MEMORY OF A FRIEND THAT WE'LL NEVER FORGET HERE WE ARE:

ROOTS CONNECTION "ANIMYSTIC"
OUR SECOND LP .
(PHISICALLY ONLY IN ITALY FROM THE 1TH OF APRIL 2009).
IT'S ENRICO MICHELETTI LAST WILL.



ROOTS CONNECTION - 2003
OUR FIRST ALBUM.
IT'S A MEETING BETWEEN DIFFERENT PEOPLE AND DIFFERENT KIND OF MUSIC.



THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT.
KEEP THE BLUES ALIVE!
GOD BLESS YOU!!!!
Orit Ezrach

Orit Ezrach



Jun 19 2009 6:43 AM

היי
"איזה יופי" שיר חדש
אם בא לך שמוע
סופ"ש נעים, אורית
Noa Vax

Noa Vax



Jun 13 2009 8:37 AM

היה נעים להכיר גם אותך
:-)
Lazer Lloyd

Lazer Lloyd



Jun 2 2009 11:40 PM

enjoy
Offer Singer Trio

Offer Singer Trio



May 2 2009 11:33 AM

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Chiidang (ち~旦)

Chiidang (ち~旦)



Apr 25 2009 5:57 AM

hi,Eli*s Blues

thank you for the ADD!

Resophonic guitar which you perform is very effective.

Domo Arigatou!!
from JAPAN


Offer Singer Trio

Offer Singer Trio



Apr 23 2009 4:53 PM

SweetWater Trio
הופעה בשבלול ג'אז 5.5 22:00
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Orit Ezrach

Orit Ezrach



Apr 17 2009 5:53 AM

היי אלי
הופעה ראשונה בשבלול
אשמח אם תבוא,אורית אזרח
Cole Emerson Higgins

Cole Emerson Higgins



Apr 5 2009 1:24 PM

I'm just dropping by to say hey, and to show a little Sunday love.

Keeping it low, Cole
INTRANSWAY

INTRANSWAY



Mar 29 2009 12:23 AM

Just stopping by... and sending you good thoughts, health & healing, friendship.... and thanks..

... and wishing you a beautiful weekend, Eli!

ALL THE BEST, ... Today and always..!!

****
BLUES TASTE

BLUES TASTE



Mar 17 2009 5:35 PM

Thanks you very much for being a friend!!;G R E A T _ S O U N D;
Great respects for your work...It's great to have you as a new friend!

All the best,BLUES ON
Grandpa_Erik

Grandpa_Erik



Mar 15 2009 3:08 PM

Thanks for the add. Wishing you a great week.
Grandpa/Norway
Fabio Nicola

Fabio Nicola



Feb 23 2009 5:33 PM

Hey man, thanks you very much for being a friend!!
"GREAT VOICE and SOUND"
Great respects for your work...
All the best,
Fabio.
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Blue Family

Blue Family



Feb 22 2009 9:40 PM


Hi Eli!
http://www. bluefamily. rs
Electric Blue

Electric Blue



Jan 22 2009 6:33 AM

Thanks for the add eli,
Great blues sound you got going there!!
Michael

Michael



Dec 7 2008 11:32 AM

Hello, Eli! Thanks for everything you do for the blues, my friend. It was terrific to see you out last night again giving Tempa a listen. I wish you the best of luck with gaining acceptance of your radio program proposal and thanks so much for the copy of your book. I look forward to reading it on my return trip to the US. All the best to you and I'll give Tad your contact information. . . www. myspace. com/tadrobinson
Bar Zalel

Bar Zalel



Nov 17 2008 9:52 PM

ג'אז צועני משובח, הופעת השקה לאלבום החדש!
יום חמישי, 20.11, 21:00 בגדה השמאלית!
נתראה שם!

Glen Terry

Glen Terry



Nov 6 2008 8:11 PM

Hi Eli! Hope i get to meet you in person one day! Cheers
Harmonica Guy aka "The Rye" Dagan

Harmonica Guy aka "The Rye" Dagan



Oct 24 2008 9:32 AM


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INTRANSWAY

INTRANSWAY



Oct 3 2008 2:50 PM

Thanks so much for the ADD, Eli!!

Have a "Blues-Rules Weekend"! :)

ALL THE BEST, from Canada!!
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