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Morning Open Thread: Singing The Blues [1]
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Date: 2023-07-26
A friend of mine used to have a time share in New Orleans for Jazz Fest every year. But, she told me, she doesn’t really like jazz. What she goes for is the blues.
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I like this unusual take on a classic. And Rhiannon is fabulous.
Yo-Yo Ma & The Silk Road Ensemble feat. Rhiannon Giddens, vocals
Music has always been transnational; people pick up whatever interests them, and certainly a lot of classical music has absorbed influences from all over the world. Yo-Yo Ma
“St. James Infirmary Blues”
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What is there to say about Satchmo? He was brilliant.
Louis Armstrong
There is two kinds of music, the good, and the bad. I play the good kind. Louis Armstrong
“Basin Street Blues”
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She had a range of three octaves!
Sarah Vaughan
When I sing, trouble can sit right on my shoulder and I don't even notice. Sarah Vaughan
“Black Coffee”
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He was working alongside Freddie King by the time he was 15.
Gary B.B. Coleman
If you don't know the blues... there's no point in picking up the guitar and playing rock and roll or any other form of popular music. Keith Richards
“The Sky Is Crying”
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Quite possibly the first lesbian anthem:
Gertrude “Ma” Rainey
At the very time when Radclyffe Hall's The Well of Loneliness was being suppressed in the United States as obscene, African-American audiences could apparently appreciate lesbianism in a performer and a song's narrator. "Songs of unconventional sexuality," says Lieb, "were not unusual in the blues and in live black entertainment." Nor were raunchy songs of conventional sex. outhistory.org/...
“Prove It On Me Blues”
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He’s just the master.
B.B. King
Over the years, B.B. has developed one of the world’s most identifiable guitar styles. He borrowed from Blind Lemon Jefferson, T-Bone Walker and others, integrating his precise and complex vocal-like string bends and his left hand vibrato, both of which have become indispensable components of rock guitarists’ vocabulary. www.bbking.com
“Three O’Clock Blues”
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Wikipedia says, “Blues incorporated spirituals, work songs, field hollers, shouts, chants, and rhymed simple narrative ballads from the African-American culture.” — and you can hear it all here.
Etta James with Dr. John, 1987
I wanna show that gospel, country, blues, rhythm and blues, jazz, rock 'n' roll are all just really one thing. Those are the American music and that is the American culture. Etta James
“I’d Rather Go Blind”
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Muddy Waters has been called the “father of modern Chicago blues.”
Muddy Waters at the Newport Jazz Festival
Saturday night is your big night. Everybody used to fry up fish and have one hell of a time. Find me playing till sunrise for 50 cents and a sandwich. And be glad of it. And they really liked the low-down blues. Muddy Waters
“Rolling Stone (Catfish Blues)”
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Have a wonderful day!
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