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... Rock'n'Roll ( RCA ) Something of a misleading title , since the music doesn't sound much like rock'n'roll , but its influence extends directly to Elvis Pres- ley . A bit monotonous , as Crudup was the most rudimentary of self ...
... Rock'n'Roll ( RCA ) Something of a misleading title , since the music doesn't sound much like rock'n'roll , but its influence extends directly to Elvis Pres- ley . A bit monotonous , as Crudup was the most rudimentary of self ...
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... rock'n'roll cornerstone " Good Rockin ' Tonight " and introduced the " crying " style that be- came so popular in the 1950s ; and , of course , Louis Jordan , leader of the Tympany Five ( often Seven ) , who combined jazz , comedy , and ...
... rock'n'roll cornerstone " Good Rockin ' Tonight " and introduced the " crying " style that be- came so popular in the 1950s ; and , of course , Louis Jordan , leader of the Tympany Five ( often Seven ) , who combined jazz , comedy , and ...
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... rock'n'roll ( actually Jackson may have named rock'n'roll with his one big hit , a 1951 adaptation of " Rock Me , Mama " called " Rockin ' and Rollin ' " ) . All three of these singers add something to the heritage of Texas blues , but ...
... rock'n'roll ( actually Jackson may have named rock'n'roll with his one big hit , a 1951 adaptation of " Rock Me , Mama " called " Rockin ' and Rollin ' " ) . All three of these singers add something to the heritage of Texas blues , but ...
Contents
Discovering the Blues | 1 |
Showers of Rain | 16 |
Mississippi Delta Blues | 30 |
Copyright | |
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album ANTHOLOGIES Arhoolie artists B.B. King Big Bill Broonzy Big Joe Williams Blind Lemon Jefferson Blues Classics blues recording blues singers blues style bluesmen boogie Charley Patton Chess Chicago blues contemporary corded country blues country-blues Courtesy of Living downhome blues early Elmore James Excello Flyright Frank Stokes guitarist harmonica hits Hopkins Howlin jazz Jimmy John Lee Hooker Johnny Shines Jug Band label Leadbelly Leroy Carr Lightnin listen Little Walter Living Blues Lockwood Lonnie Johnson Louis Maceo Memphis Minnie Mississippi blues Mississippi John Hurt Muddy Waters Muddy's musicians never original Orleans Otis Rush Otis Spann performances piano playing popular postwar ragtime Rainey record companies repertoire rhythm and blues Robert Johnson Robert Jr Robert Nighthawk rock'n'roll session sides singing Son House songs Sonny Boy Williamson sound stylistic T-Bone Walker Tampa Red Texas blues tion titles Tommy Johnson tunes two-record set vocals voice Walter Horton Wolf Yazoo