Test 1 Flashcards
What are the components of Jump Blues blues
jazz
When did jump blues come on scene and why is it significant
Came on scene in the 1940s and is pivotal to rock and roll
Allan Lo Max Field recorder
recorded sounds of groups of people whose traditions were going extinct
field hollers
The musical roots of the blues were spoken or sung shouts between slaves working in the fields and were spititual and work songs of African Americans.
Spiritualists
Sang about God during times of Slavery
Chess Records
a Chicago record label that specialized in bluesR&B
Willie Dixon
“Father of modern Chicago Blues” and played bass and guitar Wrote songs for Muddy Waters
Howlin’ Wolf Major figure in the Chicago Blues scene
Major figure in the Chicago Blues scenesigned to Chess Records
Muddy Waters
From Mississippi Delta, signed to chess
WDIA radio station first to switch to an all black music platform (1948)
KFFA radio station Helena
Arkansas (walked into the station and asked if they could play live on Radio) King Biscuit time-flower company that sponsored them. Radio show called King Biscuit Time and played blues music.
Country Music Originally referred to as hillbilly or “old-timey” music
this genre evolved out of Irish and Scottish folk music
Hillbilly Folk Characteristics Used found instruments
the banjo
WSM radio station Nashville Tennessee
played hillbilly folk
Grand Ole Opry The radio program that began broadcasting in 1925 from WSM in Nashville that essentially made that city the center of the country music industry.
Carter Family first family of country music and played traditional country songs
Bill Monroe Main instrument is the washboard and is the “Father of Bluegrass”
Bill Monroe Band His band name was Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass Boys
Merle Travis Singer songwriter
FAMOUS guitar style known as travis-picking
Honky Tonk a beer joint
associated with drinking music
Honky Tonk music style Can be slow and sad OR high energy
party music
Ernest Tubb One of the first honky-tonk musicians to move toward a harder-edged country sound and to switch to amplified instruments
Lefty Frizzell “if you’ve got the money
I’ve got the time” he was a stylist. One of the greats of honky tonk music.
Kitty Wells Honky Tonk musician
first female solo star
Hank Williams Honky Tonk singer-songwriter and musician regarded as among the greatest country music stars of all time.
12 bar blues AAB form that is 12 measures in length and is more defined by its chord progression. Although this chord progression is common in other forms
it helped to define the blues.
Boogie Woogie piano style Up-tempo party music
popular in the 1930s
Jazz Originated in New Orleans
Indie Labels Put out black music that major companies were ignoring
had a major impact on the rise of R&B
Rocket 88 The first rock and roll song
by Ike Turner. when first aired the band was called Jackie Brenton (was the lead singer) and His Delta Cats
Sam Phillips Lover of Black music
so he opened his own recording studio to record black musicians
Sun Records An independent label started in 1952 by Sam Phillips in Memphis.
Rockabilly Rock and roll mixed with country music
Elvis From Mississippi
First celebrity superstar of rock and roll. Began appearing on TV which made rock and roll more famous
Chuck Berry from Missouri
the musician who is known as a true architect of rock-and-roll
Little Richard New Orleans
Flamboyant
Jerry Lee Lewis Louisiana
Boogie Woogie piano player
Buddy Holly Texas
True innovator
Fats Domino New Orleans
founding father of rock and roll
Bill Haley Song featured in movie and made it so people associated rock and roll with teenage delinquency
Carl Perkins Blue Suede Shoes
known for Rockabilly song style.
Allan Freed known as Moondog
was an American disc-jockey. He became internationally known for promoting African-American rhythm and blues music on the radio
Where did blues begin the Mississippi Delta Region
