Explain the relationship between blues artists and record companies?
Little known fact. Before there were record companies, the blues as we now know it did not exist. All musical expression was confined to waltzes, minarets, and that trumpet tune used to rouse cavalry into a charge. Record companies in fact were directly responsible for the music’s creation. Musicians of their employ were often poorly compensated, one might say mistreated, and that lead many to lives of destitution. So poor were these musicians, they couldn’t afford many of lives necessities. Having to choose between food and heat, they often opted for the former. This helped lead to the musical invention of the blues, as musicians began to write songs addressing their misfortunes. The repetitive nature of the form was a result of those poor musicians simply being too cold to remember any other more complicated chord progressions, as was the convention of repeating the first line of lyric as the second (often supplemented it with a preceding "I said"). The name "blues" was not, as popularly misconstrued, descriptive of the musics depressing lyrical content, but was actually indicative of those near-hypothermic musicians near blue appearance during the cold winters of Chicago.
Should i start with a regular harmonica or blues harp?
Im wanting 2 learn how 2 play blues on the harmonica? Shuld I first learn on the harmonica thn change over on the blues harp or just start on the blues harp?
The Blues Harp is a harmonica, just a model name. Any 10 hole diatonic harmonica will work fine, but I recommend you avoid anything too cheap. 25-40 dollars (Hohner Marine Band, Special 20, Blues Harp, Lee Oskar Major Diatonic, etc.) will get you a professional instrument to learn on.
What do you think of this album review I did?
I’ve been doing album reviews lately and I want to get your opinions on it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6gUndPssSQ
Michael Jackson – Thriller
Music video by Michael Jackson performing Thriller. (C) 1982 MJJ Productions Inc.
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The Blue Riders Statesboro Blues country blues
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72 CLIPS AT Youtube, search on: tymjar
The Blue Riders:
Ben Andrews – guitars and vocals
Tim Jarvis – drums and percussion
Hugh Feeley – harmonicas
The Blue Riders championed the East Coast Piedmont style of blues, a style of music first popularized by artists like Blind Boy Fuller, Rev. Gary Davis, Blind Willie McTell and Blind Blake, and many others. The clips are also a fair share of some of the first wave of music that moved up river to Chicago. This 1995 clip is from Virginia, U.S.A.
A tip of the hat to The Blind Willie McTell Blues Festival, the McTell Blues and Heritage Foundation and listeners to the long tradition of great Georgian blues …Pig ‘n’ Whistle Red, Red Hot Willie Glaze , Barrel House Sammy , Georgia Tom Dorsey, Charlie “Lincoln” Hicks , Blind Simmie Dooley , Dolphus “Gus” Gibson , Ma Rainey , Barbecue Bob , Frank Edwards , Washboard Sam, Pop Corn , Letty , Buster Brown , Robert Cray , Jesse Fuller , Eugene “Buddy” Moss , Peg Leg Howell , the Hicks brothers, Big Joe, Buddy Moss, Curley Weaver , Curley Weaver, Tinsley Ellis, Luther Johnson, Neal Pattman , Robert “Chick” Willis ,and especially The Georgia Music Hall of Fame.
McTell frequently played with Blind Lemon Jefferson throughout the South.
Bob Dylan wrote a song using B.W.McT´s name to honor the great bluesmen.
This clip is for listeners to the great bluesmen like R.L. Burnside Junior Kimbrough Maher Jessie Mae Hemphill Slim Harpo John Littlejohn Hounddog Taylor Earl Hooker jb Hutto Robert Nighthawk L. C. Robinson Freddie Roulette
A tip of the hat to the D.C. hierarchy page listing…
Roy Clark – Link Wray – Roy Buchanan – Danny Gatton – Bobby Parker – Sonny Forrest – Walt Namuth – Wayne Tomlinson – Hudie Ledbetter (Leadbelly) – Jimmy Reed ( okay so he was from the Piedmont) – Eddie Jones – John Cephas – Bo Diddley – John Van Horn – Chick Hall Sr. – Charlie Daniels – Frank Shegogue – Demetri Callas – Skip James – John Hurt – Charlie Byrd – Archie Edwards – John Jackson – Vernon Sandusky – Jorma Kaukonen – Catfish Hodge – Henry Vestine – John Fahey – Clarence Perry – JB Hutto – Hal Lindes – John Phillips – Zal Yanovsky – Johnny Hopkins – Marty Friedman – Nils Lofgren – Joe Tass – Punky Meadows – Kenny Definis – Bobby Radcliff – Jimmy Nalls – Tommy Keene – Jimmy Thackery – Steve Jordan – Bobby Manriquez – Rick Whitehead – Chick Hall Jr. – Greg Wright – Tom Principato – Steve Jacobs – Bob Margolin – Terry “T.I.” Gleason – Donal Leace – Flora Molton – David Ziebarth – Cesar Diaz – Paul Reed Smith – Bill Kirchen – Evan Johns – Stuart Smith – Rusty Bogart – Linwood Taylor – Dave Sherman – Larry Burnett – Joan Jett – Dan Hovey – Chuck Brown – James Mabry – Richie Burns – Dave Chappell – Robert Lighthouse – Danny Morris – Pete Kanaras – David Earl – Erik Cartwright – Tom Mitchell – Sam Gunderson – Ben Andrews – Jerry Gordon – Johnny Tictin – Jim Stephanson – Eric Rose – Carl Filipiak – Armand Lenchek – Steve Kramer – Bob Swenson – Mary Chapin Carpenter – Michael Dutton – Memphis Gold – Mike Korpi – Cathy Ponton King – Bruce Ewan Andy Rutherford – Scott Mattern – Terrence McArdle – David Kitchen – Ivan Appelrouth – Rick Oliveras – Brian Gross – Michael “Jr” Tash A tip of the hat to mates, Cephas & Wiggins and doff of the cap to Warner Williams and Jay Summerour
Cheers to friends across the pond: Rab McCullough, Alvin Lee, John Mayall, Manfred Mann: Blues and Blues Rock from the British Isles, the United Kingdom, Great Britain, Ireland and Europe at British Blues Radio, Blues Mix – Brock & The Badgers – Kevin Brown – Eric Burdon – Ed Deane – The Fabulous Ducks -Funkydory – Giles – Andy Gunn – The Guv’nors – Tim Hain & Sunnyside Up – Incredible Blues Puppies – Michael Messer – Jerimiah Marques & the Blues Aces – Memphis in the Meantime – Mo’Indigo – Nigel Mooney – Mark Olbrich featuring Sarasota Slim – Ian Parker – Lee Patterson – Sam Payne – Porch Swing Blues – Roadhouse – Slack Alice – Sons of the Delta – Station House – The Stumble – The Barcodes – Dr Harp¹s Medicine Band – The Doctor Teeth Big Band – Perry Foster – King Pleasure & The Biscuit Boys – Connie Lush & Blues Shouter – The Mustangs – Ruf Blues Caravan – Ian Siegal – Andy Weaver and Chicken Legs Weaver – Colin Earl with King Earl Boogie Band – Simon Prager – Lonnie Donegan – The Barcodes – Terry Allen – Gwyn Ashton – Marcus Bancroft – Billy C. Farlow – Eric Bibb – John Beland – Frances Black – Deborah Bonham – Del Bromham – Budgie – Jim Condie – Country Joe – Guy Davis – Kent Duchaine – The Dylan Project – Feast Of Fiddles – Perry Foster – Ty Garner – Dick Gaughan – The Greenhil Boys – The Gutter Brothers – Memo Gonzalez – Joe Hollywood – Nick Harper – Pete Harris Band – Hershey And The Twelve Bars – Jackie Levin – Little Toby Walker – Shane MacGowan – Larry Miller – Mo’Indigo -
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John Nemeth “Love Me Tonight” – Salmon Arm’s Roots & Blues Festival
John Németh is a rising star – a singer steeped in the blues tradition reminiscent of B.B. King, Ray Charles and Junior Parker. With origins that are an unlikely breeding ground for such an impressive blues talent, this Boise, Idaho native grew up singing in the Catholic Church. “I’ve been singing all my life,” he says. From the day I was born, I’ve been screamin’, singin’, hollerin’, and cryin’. I guess it’s my only reason for existence.”
When he was fourteen, John discovered the blues. “Junior Wells was the artist that hooked me. He was funky like James Brown and lowdown like Muddy Waters.” A bright new talent on the blues scene, John began playing with the Junior Watson Band in 2002, as well as gigging with his own band, the Jacks. In 2004, he recorded “Come And Get It” with Junior’s band, an album that received rave reviews and scored well on independent blues radio charts.
A vocalist with great range, ability, and soulfulness, John also developed into a top-notch blues harmonica player. At a performance in 2006, label head Jerry Del Giudice was so impressed, he signed John to a multi-recording deal with Blind Pig Records. “In our nearly thirty years in the business,” Del Giudice said, “we have never before offered a new artist a recording contract on the strength of one performance.”
The buzz around John Németh is substantial. The Cascade Blues Association selected him as “crowd favorite” at the 2002 Portland Waterfront Blues Festival, and the Washington Blues Society named him the “show stealer” at the 2003 Winthrop Rhythm and Blues Festival. John’s decade long career has found him opening for Robert Cray, Keb Mo’, and Earl Thomas, and performing major festivals around the US, Europe, Canada and Asia.
His uncanny blend of retro-modern blues and soul prove John is a natural-born bluesman with every note he sings, shaping each one with emotion, taste and inspiration. With his pleasingly gruff soul vocals and searing harmonica, this supremely versatile performer has made true believers of some of the biggest names in the business. A 2010 Blues Music Award nomination for Contemporary Blues Male Artist of the Year is the latest nod to come his way, so be sure to catch John Németh now so you can say you saw him in the early years of his soon-to-be giant career!
Visit www.rootsandblues.ca for more information regarding our next event in August! British Columbia
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Cocaine Blues (LUKE JORDAN, August 1927) Ragtime Guitar Legend
” Cocaine Blues ” (LUKE JORDAN)
August 1927
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Blue in Green by. Miles Davis
Another song from Kind of Blue
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Spinal Tap Reviews
Spinal Tap Reviews
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Does anybody know of any good blues festivals in the mid Atlantic region?
Prince Georges Community College,,Largo Md.
Usually around September every year….great show
I go every year,very good time
Its the only one I can think of in my region
