Bruno Blum  

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Bruno Blum is a singer songwriter, guitar player and music producer nicknamed "Doc Reggae." Born in Vichy, France on October 4, 1960, he is mostly known for his work in the reggae field, and also works as a comic book artist, illustrator, painter, photographer, writer and speaker.

Discography

Albums

• Bruno Blum (New Rose, 1990)
• Nuage d'Éthiopie (Culture Press, 2001)
• Think Différent (Culture Press, 2002)
• Amala & Blum : Welikom 2 Lay-Gh-Us! (BMG, 2003)

Compilations

• With Private Vices (in 1979): Paris 84 and Total Control on the Les Plus Grands Succès du punk album (Skydog 1984)
• With Les Manches (in 1982): These Boots Are Made for Walking on the Week End à Nice album (Black and White 1983)
• With Les Amours (in 1984): La Tentation (elle est dans ton cœur) (adapted from Lou Reed's Temptation Inside Your Heart) on the Romances 85 album (Romances 1985)
• With The Wailers (in 1996): "War" and "Guerre" on "The War Album" (Rastafari 2001), a Human Race (Jamaica 1997) 45rpm single, and a Rastafari (Europe 2009) 45rpm single.
• With Dub De Luxe (in 2003): Viens fumer un p'tit joint on the Libérez Marie-Jeanne, Tolérance Double Zéro Volume III album (Productions Spéciales, 2003)
• With The Revolutionaries (in 2002): Lola rastaquouère (English Version) on the Serge Gainsbourg : Aux Armes et Cætera - Dub Style album (Mercury, 2003)

Production

• The War Album with the voices of Haile Selassie I, Bob Marley, The Wailers, Big Youth, Buffalo Bill and Bruno Blum (Rastafari Records, 2001)
• King Stitt : Zoot Suit Hipster (vinyl single, Human Race 2002)
• Big Youth/Spectacular and the voice of Marcus Garvey: Marcus Garvey (12" 4-track single, Human Race, 2002)
• Serge Gainsbourg : Aux Armes Et Cætera' (Mercury, 2003)
• Serge Gainsbourg : Mauvaises Nouvelles Des Étoiles (Mercury, 2003)
• Nada : À l'Olympic (live recording, 2003)
• Nada : Ultrash (2004)
• Serge Gainsbourg : Gainsbourg... et Cætera: Enregistrement Public au Théatre Le Palace (Mercury, 2006)
• Joseph Cotton : Conflicts (vinyl single Rastafari, 2008)
• Haile Selassie I, Bob Marley, The Wailers, Big Youth, Doc Reggae, Buffalo Bill : War (vinyl 10", Rastafari, 2010)
• Spectacular, Big Youth and the voice of Marcus Garvey : Marcus Garvey (vinyl 10", Rastafari, 2010)
• The Asmara All Stars : Eritrea's Got Soul (Out Here, 2010)

Bibliography

Books

Aside from his songs, booklet notes, writings for Best, Rock & Folk, Actuel, Hara-Kiri, Nova Magazine, Bruno Blum has published several books, often illustrated by his own artwork and photographs:

In French:

• Le Reggae (Librio 2000. Revised, augmented and illustrated edition: Le Castor Astral 2010)
• Lou Reed - Electric Dandy (Biography. Le Serpent à Plumes 2001. Updated and illustrated edition with photos by Bob Gruen: Hors Collection 2008)
• Couleurs reggae (photo portfolio, Tana 2001)
• Bob Marley, le reggae et les rastas (Hors Collection 2004. Revised edition, augmented with a discography, foreword by Tiken Jah Fakoly: Hors Collection 2010)
• Le Ragga (Hors Collection 2005)
• John Lennon (Biography. Hors Collection 2006)
• Punk, Sex Pistols, Clash et l'explosion punk (Hors Collection 2007)
• Cultures Cannabis (Scali 2007)
• Jamaïque, sur la piste du reggae (Scali 2007) (narrative, photos and travel drawings)
• De l'art de savoir chanter, danser et jouer la bamboula comme un éminent musicien africain (Scali 2007) (A guide and essay on African music)
• Bob Marley l'Africain (Scali 2008) par Adebayo Ojo, introduction and translation by Bruno Blum
• Les 100 plus grands tubes du reggae à télécharger (Fedjaine 2008)
• Le Rap est né en Jamaïque (Le Castor Astral 2009)

He has also contributed to the following:

In English:

• Rebel Music (Genesis Publications, Guildford, Surrey, U.K., 2004) by Kate Simon.

In French:

• Best of Blues (1994), special issue of Best, le mensuel du rock.
• Best of Reggae (1994), special issue of Best, le mensuel du rock, edited by Bruno Blum, with contributions by Florent Droguet, Mehdi Boukhelf, Christian Eudeline, Patrick Eudeline, Blaise Ndjehoya, Jean-Pierre Boutellier, Pascale Geoffrois, Awal Mohamadou, Hélène Lee, Steve Barrow and Roger Steffens.
• Le Siècle rebelle, dictionnaire de la contestation au XXe siècle (Larousse 1999) edited by Emmanuel de Waresquiel.
• Nova Collector, a special issue magazine devoted to Bob Marley, edited by Bruno Blum, with contributions by Léon Mercadet (the magazine included a CD of Punky Reggae Party and the previously unreleased Is This Dub).
• Le Dictionnaire du rock (Robert Laffont 2000) (contribution: 14% of the texts, edited by Michka Assayas)
• Sur la route avec Bob Marley, un chevalier blanc à Babylone by Mark Miller (Bob Marley'stage manager in 1978-1980), translated and augmented by Bruno Blum (Scali 2007. Revised, augmented and illustrated edition: Le Castor Astral 2010).
• Rock Critics (Don Quichotte, 2010).
• Best of Best, tome 1, 1968-1979 (Le Castor Astral, 2010), an anthology of Best, le mensuel du rock. Conception, coordination and editing: Bruno Blum

As an illustrator

• L’Abécédaire de rien de ce §#ç&%$ de monde du « rock » (Autour du Livre 2007) by Pascal Samain.

Most of Bruno Blum's books are illustrated by his artwork and photographs.

CD booklets

In English and French:

The Complete Bob Marley & the Wailers 1967-1972 series in partnership with Leroy Jodie Pierson and Roger Steffens:

• Bob Marley & the Wailers, Rock to the Rock (Jad 1997)
• Bob Marley & the Wailers, Selassie Is the Chapel (Jad 1997)
• Bob Marley & the Wailers, The Best of the Wailers (Jad 1997)
• Bob Marley & the Wailers, Soul Rebels (Jad 1997)
• Bob Marley & the Wailers, Soul Revolution Part II (Jad 1997)
• Bob Marley & the Wailers, More Axe (Jad 1997)
• Bob Marley & the Wailers, Keep on Skanking (Jad 1998)
• Bob Marley & the Wailers, Satisfy my Soul Jah Jah (Jad 1998)
• Harry Belafonte, Calypso, Mento & Folk 1956-1957 (Frémeaux et Associés 2009)
• Jamaica, Mento 1951-1958 (Frémeaux et Associés 2010)
• Bahamas, Goombay 1951-1959 (Frémeaux et Associés 2011)

In French:

• The Very Best of Jamaica (Trojan 1990)
• Bob Marley & the Wailers, Freedom Time (Jad 2002)
• Bob Marley & the Wailers, Soul Adventurer (Jad 2002)
• Bob Marley & the Wailers, Jungle Dub (Jad 2002)
• Bob Marley & the Wailers, Rebel (Jad 2003) (4 CD)

In partnership with Gilles Verlant:

• Serge Gainsbourg : Aux Armes et Cætera - Dub Style (Mercury, 2003)
• Serge Gainsbourg : Mauvaises Nouvelles Des Étoiles - Dub Style (Mercury, 2003)