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I Woke Up This Morning: The Blues Thread
Posted on 10/8/24 at 6:44 pm
Posted on 10/8/24 at 6:44 pm
Kafka has been asking so here it is. I'll start this out with what's considered the first blues recording ever made in 1914. Here's the Victor Military Band playing a John C Handy tune:
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Posted on 10/8/24 at 6:48 pm to MondayMorningMarch
Jumping ahead several years Robert Johnson left us a legacy of a small catalogue of songs, most of if not all of which were covered by all kinds of folks.
Posted on 10/8/24 at 6:50 pm to MondayMorningMarch
A couple of more decades and the King of the Universe arose. Mississippi Muddy Waters emerged to ignite the genre.
Posted on 10/8/24 at 7:00 pm to MondayMorningMarch
The King had sidemen, one of whom took the tin sammich/Mississippi saxophone/harmonica to new levels. Little Walter had a huge hit with this one:
Posted on 10/8/24 at 7:06 pm to MondayMorningMarch
Blue is a color. They say the blues arose from the cotton fields as call and response chants amongst the slaves. The blues were considered to be the music of the poor black man, but even white men could have the blues. As a wise man once told me "If you don't like the blues, boy, you've got a hole in your soul."
Posted on 10/8/24 at 7:18 pm to MondayMorningMarch
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Posted on 10/8/24 at 7:35 pm to MondayMorningMarch
Carol Fran great female blues artist born in Lafayette, not usually thought of as a blues hub.:
Posted on 10/8/24 at 7:39 pm to MondayMorningMarch
Posted on 10/8/24 at 7:55 pm to blueridgeTiger
So much great stuff came from that small studio in Opelousas including a whole slew of Baton Rouge bluesmen. I'll dig into that later, but for now check out Lazy Lester on the Excello label:
Posted on 10/8/24 at 7:56 pm to MondayMorningMarch
Posted on 10/8/24 at 8:04 pm to MondayMorningMarch
quote:Love that label design
the Excello label
Posted on 10/8/24 at 8:19 pm to Kafka
Did ZZ Top ever pay for this?
Posted on 10/8/24 at 8:24 pm to Kafka
Freddie King is considered one of the "Three Kings of the Blues Guitar" along with Albert King and B. B. King.
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