Henry’s Blueshouse
Chris Pitts shares his memories of Henry’s Blueshouse and soem of the bands he saw there…Cheers Chris.
Go to the Henry’s Blueshouse page to read what Chris has to say
Welcome to the Birmingham Music Archive.
Celebrating, preserving, and sharing Birmingham's Music Heritage. Building the archive to inspire the future.
Please keep sending in your memories. I am in the process of looking to make the site much more accessible to enable users to upload material easily and to change the layout to make the site much easier to navigate
We are now actively looking for content for the archive and will always add content you send us. The archive is a labour of love and we update it in our spare time so please bare with us if you regularly check the site and it looks the same - content is being added. The Birmingham Music Archive has been established to recognise and celebrate Birmingham's rich musical heritage. We are interested in hearing and sharing the stories about the bands, the musicians, the venues and the great gigs that have taken place, the managers and promoters, the records shops, all those personal experiences and memories that surround and inform this vibrant city and its music.
So whether you were in a band, or were a regular gig goer, we want to hear from you tell us your stories!
We want Birmingham to take pride in its musical heritage and to start shouting out about it. Other cities arent shy in celebrating their successes neither should we be.
For us to achieve this we want you to tell us..
What You Know
Our musical heritage is built upon individuals and institutions. Whether you are a musician, attended concerts, went to school with a famous musician or ran a music venue we want to capture your memories and artefacts to help us tell the story of our music, city and communities.
To contribute simply go to the section labelled Archive and explore the bits that are there, and follow the instructions on how to share your knowledge in the areas that interest you. If we have forgotten something dont forget to tell us about it! Send any suggestion for additional artists, venues and so on by going to our Feedback page. All suggestions are gratefully received.
We hope that together we will build a bank of information written by the people who were actually there when these events happened.
What You Think
This archive is here to enable the citizens of Birmingham, past and present, to share their stories about the development of our music. However there is no point in us doing this if we dont take on board what our users want and how they want to interact with the archive.
To contribute to the archive simply click on Archive. This is where you can discover new facts about our heritage, add new facts and memories of your own and maybe meet long lost friends.
Follow the instructions on how to share your knowledge..
All comments, suggestions, content and artefacts will be gratefully received!
Sharing
If you like what this archive does and you want to contribute to making it work you can also help by sharing the address with other people. Please tell your friends and associates about this site and encourage them to get involved in adding information and content. It will work better as more people get involved. If you know of any Brummies who have moved away from the city please let them know about this site and get them involved also.
Above all of course, spread the word to the world about this rich and proud heritage!
