Chapter 2: Important People in Urban Blues Flashcards
1
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Urban Blues
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- Mississippi —> Chicago
- rhythm section = bass, drums, electric guitar, piano
- combines swing jazz + boogie-woogie
2
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Aaron Thibeaux
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- “T-Bone” Walker
- 1910-1975
- call-and-response with guitar
3
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B. B. King
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- 1925-2015
- “Blues Boy”
- couldn’t play and sing simultaneously
- influenced “Slowhand” (Eric Clapton), Jimmy Page, everyone else
4
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Chess Recording Studios
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- Chicago
- Phil and Leonard Chess
- included backup musicians
- amplification
5
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Willie Dixon
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- 1915-1992
- songwriter, producer, bassist, singer for Chess Records
- “Back Door Man”
6
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Muddy Waters
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- real name McKinley Morgenfield (1915-1983)
- bottleneck/slide guitar
7
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Elmore James
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- 1918-1963
- modernized the Delta Blues sound
8
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Sonny Boy Williamson No. 2 (Rice Miller)
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- 1910-1976
- toured England + influenced many British bands
9
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Howlin’ Wolf
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- real name Chester Arthur Burnett (1910-1976)
- raspy voice
- influenced Cream, The Yardbirds, Zeppelin, Tom Waits
10
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John Lee Hooker
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- 1912-2001
- electric guitar Delta Blues
11
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Rhythm and Blues
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- “race” time
- 4/4 time, emphasis on beats 2 and 4 (backbeat)
- sexually suggestive lyrics
- “dance” music from the ghettos
- organized/rehearsed groups
- physical playing of instruments
12
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Louis Jordan
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- 1908-1975
- Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five
- influenced Bill Haley, Robert Plant
- “jump” blues
13
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Bo Diddley
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- real name Ellas Bates
- studied violin and trombone
- influenced by Pentecostal music, switched to guitar
- “Bo Diddley rhythm”
- influenced Buddy Holly, The Who, U2, Talking Heads, “Brak” from Space Ghost, Bow Wow Wow
14
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Professor Longhair
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- real name Henry “Roy” Byrd (1918-1980)
- pianist/boogie-woogie bass lines
