Walkin Blues
Given the advantage of good fidelity, his guitar sounds fuller and warmer than House's, and his vocals show more dynamic variation. He mixes a conversational flavor with the Delta growl, and adds some well-placed falsetto. Wald commented on this and other recordings in the style of Son House,.
Walkin' Blues
In the commercial music market of , this was archaic, countrified material, and from a professional point of view it is a bit surprising that Johnson recorded any of it. This was the end of the session, though, and since he clearly enjoyed this sort of music, the producers may have figured that such songs were good enough for B-sides, and they might even sell a few extra records to some old folks. However, these songs were received with great enthusiasm by a small group of white jazz record collectors and critics.
Producer John Hammond chose "Walkin' Blues" and "Preachin' Blues" as the records to be played at his From Spirituals to Swing concert, when Johnson himself could not appear Johnson had died a few months earlier. According to most sources, John Hammond was involved in the production and the selection of tracks. The album included the two House-style songs and a song with House-style guitar figures " Cross Road Blues " and excluded songs in the commercial style of the late s. Notable exclusions were Johnson's one commercial hit, " Terraplane Blues ", and two songs which he passed on to the mainstream of blues recording, " Sweet Home Chicago " and " Dust My Broom ".
A variety of musicians have recorded "Walking Blues", usually as an electric ensemble piece: Although unissued at the time, it was part of House's repertoire and other musicians, including Robert Johnson and Muddy Waters, adapted the song and recorded their own versions. Besides "Walking Blues", Johnson's rendition incorporates melodic and rhythmic elements from House's "My Black Mama" which House also used for his "Death Letter" and slide guitar techniques Johnson learned from House.
Origins Several songs with It is his interpretation of "Catfish Blues", a Delta blues that dates back to s Mississippi. In , Tommy McClennan and his some The album compiles material previously released on two 10 inch LPs in , along with one previously unreleased tune.
Here credited to the "Miles Davis All-Stars", the songs were recorded on 3 April and 29 April by two slightly different groups led by Davis.
Both sessions were recorded at Rudy Van Gelder's home studio. The earlier session was a quintet with David Schildkraut on alto saxophone, and produced the three tracks on side two. Schildkraut is the only musician not credited on the cover, and is otherwise almost unknown.
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Ironically this was later also noticed by C. Delta Work is the stage name of Gabriel Villarreal,[1] a Mexican American drag performer and fashion stylist, best known for competing on the third season of RuPaul's Drag Race. The first of the "Rampage" trilogy albums the others being Yellow Fever and Hoppkorv recorded by the now power trio, it marked a major shift in musical direction by the group.
With new drummer Bob Steeler, Tuna now performed in a predominantly hard rock style rather than their previous more acoustic flavored manner. The album is characterized by Kaukonen's multi-layered and hard-edged guitar solos and Bob Steeler's frantic drumming, which give a somewhat schizoid feel to the entire proceedings. Songs resonate between the somber and the frenetic, which adds to the moody atmospherics, especially on "Serpent of Dreams" and "I Don't Wanna G The song is not outstanding by Lightnin's standards but it reminds us of one of the reasons why he was an outstanding bluesman".
It is considered one of the greatest and most influential blues releases ever. In , the album was ranked number 27 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the greatest albums of all time. Music The album compiles sixteen mono recordings, thirteen of which were previously available as 78s on the Vocalion label, originally recorded during two sessions in and The records sold well in their target market of the American south and southwest, with "Terraplane Blues" something of a regional hit, but their sales figures were never beyond or so in total.
An advance copy of the album was given by its instigator, John Hammond, to his newest signing to Columbia, Bob Dylan, who had never heard of Johnson an Taj Mahal at All It was released by Red House Records on October 14, David Bromberg sings and plays electric and acoustic guitar. Some of the tracks also feature various guest musicians, including Bill Payne on keyboards, Lou Marini on saxophone, Steve Bernstein on trumpet, Birch Johnson on trombone, and Larry Campbell, who served as the album's producer, on acoustic guitar. Critical reception In PopMatters, Ed Whitelock wrote, "The album is a master-class in blues-oriented Americana as Bromberg and his accompanists bring to life a collection of 11 smartly chosen covers and two Bromberg originals that fit seamlessly into the flow The precision of the players and the i The song was originally given to pop singer Kay Starr; however, her label rejected it.
The song was left unused until Hecht rediscovered it when writing for Four Star Records. Originally Cline was not fond of "Walkin' After Midnight", but after making a compromise with her label she recorded it. It garnered a strong response from viewers and was therefore rush-released as a single February 11, Although the song was her only hit until , the single version sold over one million copies and is often included on authoritative lists of the all-time greatest songs in country music.
Background and composition Alan Bl Example of a bottleneck slide, with fingerpicks and a resonator guitar made of metal. Slide guitar is a particular technique for playing the guitar that is often used in blues-style music. The technique involves placing an object against the strings while playing to create glissando effects and deep vibratos that make the music emotionally expressive.
It typically involves playing the guitar in the traditional position flat against the body with the use of a tubular "slide" fitted on one of the guitarist's fingers. The slide may be a metal or glass tube like the neck of a bottle. The term "bottleneck" was historically used to describe this type of playing. The strings are typically plucked while the slide is moved over the strings to change the pitch. The guitar may also be placed on the player's lap and played with a hand-held bar and is then referred to as "lap slide guitar" or "lap steel guitar".
Creating music with a slide of some type has been traced back to primitive stringed instruments in African Johnson performed it as a solo piece with his vocal and acoustic slide guitar in the Delta blues-style. The song has become part of the Robert Johnson mythology as referring to the place where he supposedly sold his soul to the Devil in exchange for his musical talents, although the lyrics do not contain any specific references.
Bluesman Elmore James revived the song with recordings in and — English guitarist Eric Clapton with Cream popularized the song as "Crossroads" in the late s. Rolling Stone placed it at number three on the magazine's list of the "Greatest Guitar Songs of All Time" in recognition of Clapton's guitar work. Recording Little is known about Johnson's life and musical career,[1] al The concert performance from the previous night, recorded at the same venue, can be found on Spring The Other One. Likewise, the concert from the following night, at the same venue, is contained on Spring Additionally, the performances of "Walkin' Blues" and "Althea" from this show can be found on the live compilation album Without a Net.
Track listing Disc one First set: It peaked at 65 on the Billboard pop albums chart, but is regarded as highly influential by rock and blues music historians. Content Like the band's record debut, this album features traditional blues covers and the guitar work of Mike Bloomfield and Elvin Bishop.
Unlike the band's debut album, Bishop also contributed guitar solos; drummer Sam Lay had left the band due to illness to be replaced by the more jazz-oriented Billy Davenport. Track listing All songs by R. After early training as a classical flautist, he developed an interest in blues harmonica.
He explored the blues scene in his native Chicago, where he met Muddy Waters and other blues greats, who provided encouragement and opportunities for him to join in jam sessions. He soon began performing with fellow blues enthusiasts Nick Gravenites and Elvin Bishop. The band was known for combining electric Chicago blues with a rock urgency and for their pioneering jazz fusion performances and recordings.
After the breakup of the group in , Butterfield continued to tour and record with the band Paul Butterfield's Bette The show was recorded live at Rottweil Jazzfestival on 14 May and features classic blues songs written by Willie Dixon and Robert Johnson, as well as more contemporary compositions by Deep Purple, Free, and Tom Waits. Jon Lord died of complications from his cancer treatment on 16 July It compiles performances from October to April , and was released in September The band's organization had poured profits into sound reinforcement and cutting-edge technology for their concert performances and were likewise frustrated by the seeming shortfall in capturing their sound on album.
Retrieved May 26, According to one reviewer, "the first 8 discs are early solo Hooker with the occasional backing guitar or piano. Disc 9 are Veejay recordings and the 10th are France recordings ". Wednesday Evening Blues My First Wife Left Me War Is Over Goodbye California She Was in Chicago Henry's Swing Club Who's Been Jiving You Black Man Blues Shake Your Boogie Helpless Blues CD 2 Goin' Mad Blues Tuesday Evening Blues Weeping Willow Boogie Do the Boogie Do The Boogie Alt Christmas Time Blues Drifting from Door to Door The album has the following dedication: Winter sounds happier than ever before on this Chicago blues workout.
These two albums mark the return to grace of [Johnny Winter] in the world of blues that he had somewhat neglected in previous years, devoted more to rock. His landmark recordings in and display a combination of singing, guitar skills, and songwriting talent that has influenced later generations of musicians.
Johnson's poorly documented life and death at age 27 have given rise to much legend. One Faustian myth says that he sold his soul to the devil at a local crossroads of Mississippi highways to achieve success. As an itinerant performer who played mostly on street corners, in juke joints, and at Saturday night dances, Johnson had little commercial success or public recognition in his lifetime.
After the reissue of his recordings in , on the LP King of the Delta Blues Singers, his work reached a wider audience. Johnson is now recognized as a master of the blues, particularly of the Mississippi Delta blues style. He is credited by many rock musicians as an important influence; the blues and rock musician Eric Clapton has called Johnson "the The musicians also recorded this set of cover versions, reputedly during a late-night drunken recording session. The recordings were not originally intended for release.
Walking Blues
It won two Grammy awards at the 35th Annual Grammy Awards in and became the bestselling live album of all time and Clapton's bestselling album, selling 26 million copies worldwide. Lightnin' subtitled The Blues of Lightnin' Hopkins is an album by blues musician Lightnin' Hopkins recorded in and released on the Bluesville label the following year. The session has an informal, relaxed quality, and this approach serves a year-old Hopkins impressively well Lightnin' is a lot like being in a small club with Hopkins as he shares his experiences, insights and humor with you".
Shirley Griffith April 26, — June 18, [1][2] was an American blues singer and guitarist, mainly based in Indianapolis. He had five sisters and three brothers. He learned to play the guitar at the age of He settled in Indianapolis, where he lived for the rest of his life, working in automotive factories. While there he became friends with Scrapper Blackwell and Leroy Carr. In , Carr offered to take Griffith to New York for a recording session, but Carr died suddenly, and the trip was never made.
Griffith re-emerged as a musician in the s to record with J. Adams and play at Dre's departure and the death of Tupac Shakur. The split between Snoop Dogg and Death Row head Suge Knight was less than amicable, and the title of this release was an unfriendly warning from Knight to Snoop Dogg, who had spoken out against the imposing Knight in several interviews and on record as well.
According to SoundScan , it has sold , copies. A music video was released for Head Doctor. Title Producer s Length 1. A number of notable musicians appeared on the album, and the songs were recorded in various locations all over the world between and The album cover was designed by David Oxtoby.
Songs & Lyrics
The album was the first release of The Real Folk Blues series and has since been re-released on multiple formats. The album features some of Waters' first recordings. Bronstein and the sleeve notes for the original album were done by Willie Dixon. On a reissue of the album, new liner notes were authored by Cary Baker. Those early recording only features Ernest "Big" Crawford backing Muddy. Awards In , the album was inducted in to the B The band's music spans a variety of genres, including blues rock, psychedelic rock, folk rock, soul, and Southern rock.
It is known for extensive use of segues in live performances, and was considered a key part of the re-emerging jam band scene of the s, spearheading the H. Tad Kinchla and Ben Wilson joined the band following the death of original bassist Bobby Sheehan in While Blues Traveler is best known among fans for their improvisational live shows, the general public is most familiar with the group from their Top 40 singles "Run-Around", "Hook", and "But Anyway".
They gained mainstream popularity after their fourth studio album, four, released in and became a sleeper hit almost a year later. Due to the sometimes graphic subject matter, such music was often banned from radio and only available on a jukebox. The style was most popular in the years before World War II, although it had a revival in the s.
‘Walkin’ Blues’ still has legs
The most extreme examples were rarely recorded at all. Lucille Bogan's obscene song, "Shave 'Em Dry" , being a rare example. The Moody Blues first came to prominence playing rhythm and blues music. After some early line-up changes, the band settled on a line-up of Pinder, Thomas, Edge, guitarist Justin Hayward and bassist John Lodge, which would stay together for most of the band's "classic era" through the late s to the early s. Their second album, Days of Future Passed, which was released in , was a fusion of rock with classical music and established the band as pioneers in the development of art rock and progressive rock.
The band has sold 70 million a Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating Allmusic [1] Walkin' the Strings was the first solo acoustic guitar album by Merle Travis, released in but recorded in the late s and early s, when Travis was at the peak of his performing abilities. It is widely regarded as one of Travis's finest musical achievements. History Travis began playing solo guitar numbers on his radio shows as early as the late s, but it was only in the mids that Travis began using his Martin D acoustic guitar to record various vocals and instrumental numbers for Capitol's Electrical Transcriptions series.
These recordings were originally intended for radio broadcast. The vocal numbers were of standard length. The album had sold 70, units in Canada by January, Open G is very easy to achieve - the bass E string is brought down to D, the A string to G, and the high E string tuned down to D also - that's it! Strum it and you have a G chord.
Other chords can be formed but they are not really necessary for this song - Johnson uses mostly single strings and half chords, which are fully tabulated in the lesson. As with most Robert Johnson pieces, attack is very important. What do I mean by attack? Well, for example, you can slide up to a note slow or fast, and also change the speed of the vibrato when you get there. It all adds to the overall effect. In some cases, when we move on from one note to the next, the change is so fast that there isn't really any vibrato to speak of.
In these cases you need to be very accurate when sliding up to the note. This happens in Crossroads at the beginning of the verses, when we slide up to the 12th fret and then quickly move down to the 3rd fret for a three beat run down, fretting with our finger on two bass strings. It's a great contrast, playing the low bass run down just after the high treble notes on the 12th fret. It's like a call and answer structure, which has a powerful effect on the emotions of the listener.
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