Bruce Bastin
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Bruce Bastin (born September 19, 1939, in Chelmsford, England) is one of the few leading experts on the blues styles of the South Eastern states of America ("Piedmont Blues"). He is responsible for much ground-breaking research (much with Peter B. Lowry) over the decades.
Bastin holds a Master's degree in Folklore from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and is the author of Crying for the Carolines and Red River Blues: The Blues Tradition in the Southeast, as well as Never Sell a Copyright. He has written articles for many music journals over the decades, not all dealing with the South East blues style.
Bruce Bastin is also the managing director of Interstate Music, Ltd., West Sussex, England, with its labels:
